attend (to)

verb

Definition of attend (to)next
1
as in to minister (to)

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2
as in to pick out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for attend (to)
  1. pick out
  2. make out
  3. identify
  4. heed
  5. consider
  6. mark
Verb
  • The 5th-round draft pick out of Nebraska has his own YouTube channel with over 8,000 subscribers.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Across the fairgrounds’ sprawling 277 acres, visitors can experience livestock shows and rodeos, watch a parade and football, pick out their dream car at the Texas Auto Show, devour funnel cakes and go for a ride on the Texas Star ferris wheel.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of pick out
Verb
  • Every court now wrestling with preemption is really wrestling with that silence, and silence, at this volume, is a decision someone will eventually have to make out loud.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • While her actual dress featured puffy sleeves rendered in ivory silk taffeta, the backup dress had slimmer sleeves and was made out of white silk.
    — Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of make out
Verb
  • The spiritual leader and Nobel peace laureate has said his office will have the sole authority to identify his reincarnation, who will be found outside China.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • This is how recovery becomes a business when a brand defines itself beyond what its products do to identify how the customer needs it most; when that need becomes unmistakably visible; and what the total experience will ultimately mean.
    — Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of identify
Verb
  • Their midnight rendezvous seems doomed to end in a quarrel until Mysaria heeds Sylvi’s advice.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Businesses, meanwhile, will look for more certainty, since heeding different inflation estimates can lead to different decisions about pricing, inventories and investment.
    — Brandy Hadley, Fortune, 31 July 2026
Definition of heed
Verb
  • AstraZeneca is considering a merger with Bristol Myers Squibb that would value the combined company at roughly $400 billion, the Financial Times reported Sunday.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
  • So when gas prices spiked after the war in Iran began, Johnson not only changed her commute but considered a second job or seeking out a roommate for her and her partner.
    — Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of consider
Verb
  • The group of females – Xena, Gemini, Skyla, Meeka, Eve, Neva and Calypso – was the second to leave Marineland, and marked the largest beluga transfer ever completed in the United States.
    — Jared Ochacher, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Washington hasn’t seen a race like this since Thomas Jefferson helped mark America’s 25th birthday on July 4, 1801.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
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