attended; attending; attends
1
: to be present at : to go to
attend a meeting
attend law school
2
: to pay attention to
attend the warning signs
3
: to look after : to take charge of
… campsites … attended by park rangers.—
Jackson Rivers
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a
: to go or stay with as a companion, nurse, or servant
ministers who attend the king
b
: to visit professionally especially as a physician
a doctor attending his patients
5
: to be present with : accompany
6
archaic
a
: to wait for
b
: to be in store for
1
: to direct one's attention : see
—used with to
I'll attend to [=deal with] that myself.
2
: to apply oneself
attend to your work
3
: to apply the mind or pay attention : heed
attend to his advice
4
a
: to be ready for service
ministers who attend upon the king
b
: to be present
How many people attended?
attender
noun
Examples of attend in a Sentence
My husband and I will both attend the banquet.
How many people attended the baseball game?
He won't be attending the conference.
How many people will be attending?
She attends a school in the city.
He'll be attending the university in the fall.
I am the first child in my family to attend college.
We attend the same church.
Each nurse attends 15 patients.
A midwife attended the birth.
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The heads of other major firms, including IBM, Boeing, Qualcomm and Alphabet, also will attend.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
Some states had laws prohibiting students with certain disabilities from attending public schools, according to the federal government’s own history.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 13 May 2025
Rather than attend the Black schools, some Chinese parents forfeited public education altogether, choosing to send their children to private schools or homeschool them.
—Erika Hayasaki, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
In March, Bezos and Sanchez attended the Vanity Fair Oscars party instead of a gala at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the screening of a new documentary that celebrates Katherine Graham, Bezos’s predecessor at the Post, according to the New Yorker.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
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Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2025
Some states had laws prohibiting students with certain disabilities from attending public schools, according to the federal government’s own history.
—Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 13 May 2025
Rather than attend the Black schools, some Chinese parents forfeited public education altogether, choosing to send their children to private schools or homeschool them.
—Erika Hayasaki, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
In March, Bezos and Sanchez attended the Vanity Fair Oscars party instead of a gala at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the screening of a new documentary that celebrates Katherine Graham, Bezos’s predecessor at the Post, according to the New Yorker.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
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“Attend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/attend. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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attend
verb
at·tend
ə-ˈtend 
1
a
: to pay attention to
attend my words
b
: to give one's attention
attend to business
2
: to go or stay with especially as a companion or servant
attend the sick
3
: to be present with
a cold attended by fever
4
: to go to or be present at especially to take part or observe
attend a party
attend school
5
: to take charge of : look after
a doorman attending the entrance
Medical Definition
attend
transitive verb
at·tend
ə-ˈtend
: to visit with or care for in a professional capacity
attender
noun
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