ATTENDED Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in accompanied

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verb

past tense of attend

as in escorted

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 listened

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 watched

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 coincided

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 attended

Verb

Hayes, a 6-0, 190-pound redshirt freshman from Wichita, attended Maize High School. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026 The shooter’s parents were cooperative and told investigators their son had attended Silver Rail Elementary School during their interview, the source said. — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026 Later that month, two teenage supporters attended a Fever-Storm game at Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena wearing XX-XY Athletics shirts and carrying a sign thanking Cunningham for speaking up for girls. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 Martinez eventually was carried off the field on a stretcher after medical staff from both teams attended to him. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026 Americana musician Brandi Carlile just wrapped a three-night stint at Red Rocks Amphitheatre and fans who attended the Saturday show got a special surprise when she was joined by ‘90s rock legend Alanis Morissette. — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026 While Friday night’s event was certainly star-studded, attended by A-listers including Melinda Gates and Emily Ratajkowski, the Albie Awards actually aim to honor the lesser known. — Erin Wisti, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2026 The entire Hawks roster attended the ceremony, and the team posted some of it on social media. — Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 10 Oct. 2026 In keeping with royal tradition, the young Duke of Kent was educated at Ludgrove (also attended by Prince William and Prince Harry), then Eton and later Le Rosey in Switzerland. — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 10 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for attended

Adjective

The department says Archaga-Elvir was arrested in Texas as an accompanied minor in 2015, but he was released by the Obama administration.

— Preston Mizell, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026

Definition of accompanied

Verb

The woman had pulled herself back up the creek bank by the time rescuers arrived, and she was escorted her back to her car, officials said.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026
As the two struggled over the sign, Sonoma police officers escorted Bourne off school grounds.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of escorted

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Through a microphone, the journalists listened as Pike spoke what were meant to be her last words—about love—and sang with her Buddhist spiritual adviser.

— Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
Method Man listened to the Wu-Tang Clan’s Once Upon a Time in Shaolin for the first time — and delivered his opinion on the now-infamous, one-copy-only album — on the latest episode of Pablo Torre Finds Out.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of listened

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On a humid morning in June, Ramadan Elmoudi nervously watched grid current flow into a machine his colleagues had spent years building and kept his expectations low.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Justice Diana Kavedza Mochache said in a hearing lasting more than eight hours that in some cases children were isolated and denied food while their parents watched.

— Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of watched

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This work of narrative non-fiction is rightly hailed as the best work on North Korea’s devastating famine of the 1990s, which coincided with Kim Il Sung’s death in 1994.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
But her tenure also coincided with mounting challenges to growing Netflix’s business.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of coincided

Verb

None of these commitments are new, however, and founders have heard versions of them before.

— Sophie Dembinski, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
By providing clear, consistent and frequent communication about the change, leaders foster a sense of stability and clarity, while inviting everyone’s voice to be heard.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of heard

Verb

Just last weekend, Sheerazie supervised a group of Boy Scouts digging a 2-foot-deep swale as part of an Eagle Scout Service Project at Arlington Garden.

— Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Moton discussed it and his future with numerous people, including his family and Panthers team doctor Nancy Gritter, who supervised much of his care.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026