attend

B1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /əˈtɛnd/ UK /əˈtɛnd/ See IPA manual

Freq #3022

Meanings

1

verb
To be present at an event or place.

More than two hundred people attended the conference.
2

verb
To deal with or take care of something.

I'll attend to your complaint right away.
3

verb
To look after or care for someone.

Several nurses attended the injured patients.
4

verb
To listen or pay careful attention to something.

The students attended closely to the professor's lecture.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to be present at an event... go to

2 verb · to deal with or take care... handle

3 verb · to look after or care for... assistcare for

Word family

Forms attendedattendingattendsunattended

Derived forms attendableattendedattendeeattenderattendingcoattenddisattendmisattendoverattendpreattendreattendreattendance

Related forms attendance attendant attention attentive attentively attentiveness

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Phrases (9)

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attend a class
be present at a scheduled lesson

Verb + noun
attend a meeting
be present at a meeting

Verb + noun
attend a course
go to the sessions of a course

Verb + noun
attend a party
go to a social gathering

Verb + noun
attend a show
go and be present at a live performance

Verb + noun
attend a wake
be present at a gathering held after someone's death

Verb + noun

Etymology

PIE word *h₂éd From Middle English attenden, atenden (“to devote oneself (to a task, etc.); to pay attention to (something), to look after; to consider (something); to expect or look forward to (something); to intend to do (something); to help or serve (someone), attend upon; to take care of (something)”), from Old French atendre (“to await, wait for; to expect; to intend”), from Latin attendere, adtendere (“to pay attention to, attend; to direct or turn toward”), from ad- (“prefix meaning ‘to, towards’”) + tendō (“to direct one’s course; to extend, stretch; to exert, strive”). Doublet of att…

*tend- Proto-Indo-European attenden Middle English atendre Old French attendō Latin

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# attend

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /əˈtɛnd/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈtɛnd/
**Frequency rank:** 3022

## Meanings
1. To be present at an event or place.
2. To deal with or take care of something.
3. To look after or care for someone.
4. To listen or pay careful attention to something.

## Examples
- More than two hundred people attended the conference.
- I'll attend to your complaint right away.
- Several nurses attended the injured patients.
- The students attended closely to the professor's lecture.

## Derived Forms
- attendable
- attended
- attendee
- attender
- attending
- coattend
- disattend
- misattend
- overattend
- preattend
- reattend
- reattendance

## Related Forms
- attendance
- attendant
- attention
- attentive
- attentively
- attentiveness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *tend-
- Root: attenden
- Root: atendre
- Root: attendō

## Etymology
PIE word *h₂éd From Middle English attenden, atenden (“to devote oneself (to a task, etc.); to pay attention to (something), to look after; to consider (something); to expect or look forward to (something); to intend to do (something); to help or serve (someone), attend upon; to take care of (something)”), from Old French atendre (“to await, wait for; to expect; to intend”), from Latin attendere, adtendere (“to pay attention to, attend; to direct or turn toward”), from ad- (“prefix meaning ‘to, towards’”) + tendō (“to direct one’s course; to extend, stretch; to exert, strive”). Doublet of att…

## AI Etymology
Attend comes from Middle English attenden, atenden (“to devote oneself (to a task, etc.); to pay attention to (something), to look after; to consider (something); to expect or look forward to (something); to intend to do (something); to help or serve (someone), attend upon; to take care of (something)”), from Old French atendre (“to await, wait for; to expect; to intend”), from Latin attendere, adtendere (“to pay attention to, attend; to direct or turn toward”), from ad- (“prefix meaning ‘to, towards’”) plus tendō (“to direct one’s course; to extend, stretch; to exert, strive”).

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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