attend

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English attenden, atenden, from Old French atendre (“to attend, listen”), from Latin attendere (“to stretch toward, give heed to”), from ad (“to”) + tendere (“to stretch”); see tend and compare attempt.

Verb

attend (third-person singular simple present attends, present participle attending, simple past and past participle attended)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed. [from 15th c.]
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To listen (to, unto). [from 15th c.]
  3. (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.
    • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 4293071:
      Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.
  4. (transitive, intransitive) To wait upon as a servant etc.; to accompany to assist (someone). [from 15th c.]
    Valets attend to their employer's wardrobe.
    Servants attend the king day and night.
  5. (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.
  6. (intransitive, law) To go to (a place) for some purpose (with at).
    • 2011, Supreme Court of Canada, R. v. Côté‎, retrieved 2016-05-08:
      Around 12:15 a.m. patrolling officers Tremblay and Mathieu attended at the appellant’s home.
    • 2016, Prince Edward Island Court of Appeal, R. v. Yeo‎, retrieved 2016-05-08:
      There were a few errors in the testimony of [a civilian witness] which the trial judge noted – one, that they attended at the Fairhurst residence the day before the robbery, and two, that Wakelin was with them.
  7. 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.
    • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
      The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it. […] Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?
  8. To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for.
Synonyms
Derived terms
to be at an event
to give attention to
Translations
(archaic in English) to listen — see listen
to turn one's consideration to, deal with — See also translations at attend to
to wait upon as a servant etc.; to accompany to assist (someone) — see attend to,‎ wait on
to be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to — see accompany

Etymology 2

From Middle English attenden, atenden, from Old English ātendan (“to set on fire, kindle, inflame, trouble, perplex”), equivalent to a- +‎ tend.

Verb

attend (third-person singular simple present attends, present participle attending, simple past and past participle attended)

  1. Alternative form of atend ("to kindle").

References
  • attend at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • attend in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation
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Participle

attend

  1. present participle of atten

Declension
Inflection of attend
uninflected attend
inflected attende
positive
predicative/adverbial attend
attende
indefinite m./f. sing. attende
n. sing. attend
plural attende
definite attende
partitive attends

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.tɑ̃/
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Verb

attend

  1. third-person singular present indicative of attendre

Anagrams
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