Pronunciation Verb
attend (attends, present participle attending; past and past participle attended)
- (archaic, transitive) To listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed. [from 15th c.]
- The diligent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not attend the unskilful words of the passenger.
- (archaic, intransitive) To listen (to, unto). [from 15th c.]
- 1912, Rudyard Kipling, The Beginning of the Armadillos
- 'Now attend to me,' said Painted Jaguar, 'because this is very important. […]
- 1912, Rudyard Kipling, The Beginning of the Armadillos
(intransitive) To turn one's consideration (to); to deal with (a task, problem, concern etc.), to look after. [from 15th c.] - Secretaries attend to correspondence.
- (ambitransitive) To wait upon as a servant etc.; to accompany to assist (someone). [from 15th c.]
- Valets attend to their employer's wardrobe.
- The fifth had charge sick persons to attend.
- c. 1590–1591, William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene iii]:
- youthful Valentine
Attends the emperor in his royal court.
- 18, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 13, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (
please specify ), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323 ↗:
(transitive) To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings; to regularly go to (an event or place). [from 17th c.] - Children must attend primary school.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 20:
- I attended a one-room school next door to the palace and studied English, Xhosa, history and geography.
- (intransitive, legal) To go to (a place) for some purpose (with at).
- To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to.
- a measure attended with ill effects
- 1697, John Dryden, The Georgics
- What cares must then attend the toiling swain.
- To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for.
- 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Thomas Basset, […], OCLC 153628242 ↗:
- the different state of perfect happiness or misery that attends all men after this
- 1665, John Dryden, ''''
- Three days I promised to attend my doom.
- (listen to) behear, heed, mark, notice
- (listen) notice, pay attention, take heed; See also Thesaurus:listen or Thesaurus:pay attention
- (wait upon as a servant) bestand, serve; See also Thesaurus:serve
- (wait for) See also Thesaurus:wait for
- French: assister, présent
- German: teilnehmen, besuchen
- Italian: partecipare
- Portuguese: assistir, participar de, estar presente em, comparecer
- Russian: посеща́ть
- Spanish: asistir, acudir
- Portuguese: frequentar
- Spanish: cursar
attend (attends, present participle attending; past and past participle attended)
- Alternative form of atend "to kindle".
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