ATTEND Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

attend

verb

ə-ˈtend

as in to accompany

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

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as in to listen

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

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as in to watch

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

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as in to coincide

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

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Recent Examples of attend Franklin County Sheriff's Office All four students attended Horizon Christian Academy in Cumming, Georgia, a private school serving roughly 300 students from kindergarten through 12th grade. —

Madeline Montgomery, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026 The ticket site does not specify which members of the cast and crew will be attending the panel on Saturday. —

K.j. Yossman, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026 Police uncovered that the 18-year-old male student, who lives in Algonquin and who attends Jacobs High School in Algonquin, had brought a water gun designed to resemble an M4-style semi-automatic rifle to near the elementary school to confront a fellow teenager as part of the game. —

Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026 But three other council members who attended the meeting — Robinson, 3rd District At-Large Councilwoman Melissa Paterson Hazley and 6th District Councilman Johnathan Duncan — argued in favor of it. —

Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for attend

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Noble families, Orlandi tells his students, sometimes hired musicians to accompany their amateur efforts.

— Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026
In the accompanying photo, Fleetwood and his new bride, Elizabeth Jordan lean into one another, cheekily posing behind Fleetwood's upheld fedora.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026