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Definition of ATTEND

1

to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship <a passel of assistants attend the movie star wherever she goes>

Synonyms attend, chaperone (or chaperon), companion, company, convoy, escort, see, squire

Related Words walk; associate, consort, pal (around), team (up); defend, guard, protect; bring, conduct, guide, lead, pilot, steer, usher; follow, shadow, tag, tag along, tail; hang (around), hover (over)

Near Antonyms abandon, desert, ditch, dump, forsake

2

to pay attention especially through the act of hearing <I'm sorry, but all the noise means I'm having a hard time attending to the conversation>

Synonyms attend, hark, harken, hear, hearken, heed, mind

Near Antonyms discount, disregard

Antonyms ignore, tune out

3

to take charge of especially on behalf of another <tired of attending other people's children, the nanny was eager to have a child of her own>

Synonyms attend, care (for), mind, oversee, superintend, supervise, watch

Related Words administrate, conduct, control, direct, govern, guide, manage, operate, preside (over), regulate, run, steward; guard, patrol, protect, safeguard, shield; baby, babysit, chaperone (or chaperon), mother, shepherd

Near Antonyms abandon, disregard, forget, ignore, neglect, pass over

4

to occur or exist at the same time <all the pomp and circumstance that attend the opening of the Olympic Games>

Synonyms accompany, attend, coexist, concur, co-occur, synchronize

Related Words chance, hap, happen, transpire

Near Antonyms antedate, precede, predate; follow, succeed