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 of attend accompany, chaperone (or chaperon), companion, company, convoy, escort, see, squireWords Related to attend 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 of attend 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 of attend listen, hark, harken, hear, hearken, heed, mindNear Antonyms of attend discount, disregardAntonyms of attend 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 of attend tend, care (for), mind, oversee, superintend, supervise, watchWords Related to attend administrate, conduct, control, direct, govern, guide, manage, operate, preside (over), regulate, run, steward; guard, patrol, protect, safeguard, shield; baby, babysit, chaperone (or chaperon), mother, shepherdNear Antonyms of attend 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 of attend accompany, coincide, coexist, concur, co-occur, synchronizeWords Related to attend chance, hap, happen, transpireNear Antonyms of attend antedate, precede, predate; follow, succeed