Definition of attend
transitive verb
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
4a : to go or stay with as a companion, nurse, or servant ministers who attend the kingb : to visit professionally especially as a physician a doctor attending his patients
5 : to be present with : accompany
6 archaic a : to wait forb : to be in store for
intransitive verb
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
attender
nounFrom the M-W Editors
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.
Origin and Etymology of attend
Middle English, from Anglo-French atendre, from Latin attendere, literally, to stretch to, from ad- + tendere to stretch — more at thin
ATTEND Defined for English Language Learners
attend
playDefinition of attend for English Language Learners
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: to go to and be present at (an event, meeting, etc.)
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: to regularly go to (classes, church services, etc.)
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: to help or care for (someone, such as a patient)
ATTEND Defined for Kids
attend
playDefinition of attend for Students
attended
;attending
1 : to go to or be present at attend school attend a party
2 : to look after : take charge of The hotel staff attended to my every need.
3 : to direct attention attend to business
4 : to pay attention to All the children had been attending … to what Mr. Beaver was telling them … — C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
5 : to go with especially as a servant or companion Servants attended the king.
6 : to care for Nurses attend the sick.
Medical Dictionary
attend
playMedical Definition of attend
: to visit with or care for in a professional capacity
attender
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