attend

verb

ə-ˈtend How to pronounce attend (audio)
Definition of attendnext
1
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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2
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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3
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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4
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 The agency provide all veterans who attend with coffee and baked goods in a supportive community, organizers said. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026 Black attended Berklee School of Music in Boston, Wilson entered the University of Alabama. — Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026 Walker was from Iowa and attended Iowa State University to study philosophy. — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026 Aurora Mayor John Laesch, who also attended the meeting in Batavia, said that the meeting the city had with Batavia included discussion of delaying any changes until Aurora could look at an engineering design for the intersection. — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for attend
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attend
  1. accompany
  2. listen
  3. watch
  4. coincide
  5. escort
  6. hear
  7. supervise
  8. oversee
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  • Celebrity guests accompany the contestants, ideally helping and not hindering them, to an all-or-nothing final, where one test decides everything, including the true identity of the player.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
  • According to this order, the prisoner is informed of the president's decision in person by the commandant, who is accompanied by a chaplain and, if available, a defense attorney.
    — Meagan Harris, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
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  • In Germany, a lot of country people listen to hardstyle and jumpstyle and stuff, and there’s a German version of country called Schlager.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Abercrombie has been more focused on listening to shoppers than on protecting the narrow identity that once defined it.
    — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of listen
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  • As a child, Henrik Andersen would look out of his window in Jutland, Denmark’s windswept western peninsula, and watch the distant wind turbines turn.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Should cabin fever somehow strike, the hotel can arrange adventures further afield, from whale-watching and boat trips along the Costa Del Sol coast to private hikes through the Andalusian mountains and even cheesemaking at a local goat farm.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of watch
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  • Advertisement The rise of these groups also coincides with a long-running audiobook boom.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Two of the three strongest on record — in 1982-83 and 1997-98 — coincided with above-average precipitation in California and caused considerable damage.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of coincide
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  • Furthermore, all guests with disabilities will be taken care of and escorted by a lodge host to any of the areas on site, from the restaurant to the swimming pool.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The retaliation begins outside the chapel, where Ellen uses her bow to quietly pick off the guard escorting the hostages, allowing the women to escape and seize his weapons.
    — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of escort
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  • My colleague Morgan Chittum, who just joined Fortune and who Term Sheet readers will be hearing a lot more from soon, dug into this question in a recent piece.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
  • In a complex case that took years to get to trial, jurors heard weeks of testimony from children who had lived with their parents at the compound, other family members, firearms experts, doctors and forensic technicians.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of hear
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  • Instead, before the site visit, supervising special investigator Jeffrey Eggert wrote in an email to the team that pursuing charges was not the priority.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Experienced workers are needed not only to fill jobs, but to mentor apprentices, supervise jobsite learning, and teach the next generation.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of supervise
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  • Alternatively, take your pick from the five onsite restaurants—spanning Mediterranean, Mexican, Japanese, and European cuisines—overseen by former Top Chef contestant Chef Christian Bravo.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Russell’s Reserve is distilled at Wild Turkey, where master distiller Eddie Russell, son of the legendary Jimmy Russell, oversees production.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2026
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“Attend.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attend. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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