attends

verb

present tense third-person singular of attend
1
as in accompanies
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 listens
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 supervises
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 coincides
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 attends Richards played Kelly Van Ryan, a spoiled cheerleader who attends Blue Bay High School, shot at Ransom Everglades in Coconut Grove. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026 Caroline DeRossette, whose daughter attends East Mississippi Community College, sees the same shift. — Alexis Benveniste, Architectural Digest, 28 Sep. 2026 Brigadier General Christoph Huber attends a public ceremony to mark the expansion of Germany’s Lithuania military commitment on February 4, 2026 in Kaunas, Lithuania. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026 Deborah attends her parents’ alma mater while reeling over being rejected by her dream school. — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026 But Chadbourne, who regularly attends rallies in support of girls having their own spaces, will tell you that the Democrats are alienating their own constituents. — Matt Calkins Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026 In West Lawn, Anna Sanchez was hired in April as a substitute SECA at Hurley Elementary, where her 7-year-old daughter attends second grade. — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026 Sacrifice centers on Evans as a fading movie star who attends an environmental gala. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026 Phillips has a recurring role on the show as the leader of a veteran support group for women, which Machado’s Penélope, who served in the United States Army Nurse Corps, attends. — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attends
  1. accompanies
  2. listens
  3. supervises
  4. coincides
  5. hears
  6. oversees
  7. watches
  8. manages
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  • Still, getting ourselves out via some traction boards would have saved on money, frustration and the embarrassment that accompanies getting stuck less than a mile from the highway.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Previously unseen artwork accompanies his account of how the visual identity developed alongside the music.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of accompanies
Verb
  • Eventually, Karen finds the phone and listens to the recordings, which help prove Babette’s guilt.
    — Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Customers are paying attention to who understands them, who listens and who can adapt.
    — Jodi Amendola, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of listens
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  • Instead of focusing on how many tasks a manager supervises, consider how much high-quality work the team can complete without their direct involvement.
    — Michael Goshka, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Some act like the cool parent who supervises their child’s drug use.
    — Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of supervises
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  • The greatest flooding occurs when the peak storm surge coincides with high tide.
    — Brian Tang, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The chain’s Tennessee expansion coincides with Lynsi Snyder, owner and president of In-N-Out, moving to the state.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of coincides
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  • Every audience hears about the tweets from Michigan’s William Lawrence, condemning the nuclear family, and New York’s Darializa Avila Chevalier, about how July 4 should be about the liberation of Palestine and Puerto Rico.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • In the song’s closing moments, the Edge hears something older than country music in Parton’s voice.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of hears
Verb
  • The protests add to mounting pressure on India’s Election Commission, which oversees polls across the country.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • That’s according to a spokesperson for the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance, which oversees Georgia Access, the state’s ACA exchange.
    — Tamar Hallerman, AJC.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of oversees
Verb
  • The music is used in a scene where Alex watches his brother fight while the cartoon score plays, syncing humorously with the action.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Nobody else who works on (or watches) these films ever thinks about the people who live in these locations for the rest of the year.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of watches
Verb
  • Researchers solved this issue by creating a dual processing technique that smooths the material surface and manages how the crystals form.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Fundo Setorial do Audiovisual (FSA) will provide the money for the $20 million incentive package as part of an agreement between RioFilm and the National Cinema Agency (Ancine), which manages FSA.
    — Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of manages

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“Attends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attends. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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