attending

¹at·tend·ing

adj \ə-ˈten-diŋ\

Definition of ATTENDING

: serving as a physician on the staff of a teaching hospital <an attending surgeon>

Examples of ATTENDING

1. <a surprise arrest of the operator of an illegal gambling joint and all attending employees>
2. <dislikes flying and all of its attending inconveniences>

First Known Use of ATTENDING

circa 1923

Related to ATTENDING

Synonyms: present, in

Antonyms: absent, away, missing, out

Related Words: accompanying, observing, participating; available; abounding; latent; breathing, existent, existing, extant, live

Near Antonyms: departed, gone, retired; nonexistent; AWOL, truant; dead, deceased, defunct, demised; lost, vanished; belated, delayed, delinquent, late, overdue, tardy

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Rhymes with ATTENDING

ascending, fence-mending, goaltending, heartrending, mind-bending, nerve ending, unbending, unending