attend

[uh-tend] /əˈtɛnd/
verb (used with object)
1.
to be present at:
to attend a lecture; to attend church.
2.
to go with as a concomitant or result; accompany:
Fever may attend a cold. Success attended her hard work.
3.
to take care of; minister to; devote one's services to:
The nurse attended the patient daily.
4.
to wait upon; accompany as a companion or servant:
The retainers attended their lord.
5.
to take charge of; watch over; look after; tend; guard:
to attend one's health.
6.
to listen to; give heed to.
7.
Archaic. to wait for; expect.
verb (used without object)
8.
to take care or charge:
to attend to a sick person.
9.
to apply oneself:
to attend to one's work.
10.
to pay attention; listen or watch attentively; direct one's thought; pay heed:
to attend to a speaker.
11.
to be present:
She is a member but does not attend regularly.
12.
to be present and ready to give service; wait (usually followed by on or upon):
to attend upon the Queen.
13.
to follow; be consequent (usually followed by on or upon).
14.
Obsolete. to wait.
Origin
1250-1300; Middle English atenden < Anglo-French, Old French atendre < Latin attendere to bend to, notice. See at-, tend1
Related forms
attender, noun
attendingly, adverb
well-attended, adjective
Synonyms
4. See accompany.
Examples from the web for attend
  • Then they attend a fair where researchers and nonprofits present problems they may choose to try to solve.
  • It was because their families couldn't afford everything required to attend university.
  • Unfortunately, there are some people who attend parties with the main intention of starting a confrontation.
  • The fact is that not everyone should attend higher education.
  • Please complete one application for each program you wish to attend with students.
  • Most of the kids at the party attend the same preschool.
  • There will always be meetings that one member or another cannot attend.
  • But they did not attend the hearings or read the decision.
  • To succeed, you must override both a normal impulse to attend to new information and curiosity about something forbidden.
  • Dads and moms shared their children's enthusiasm, and noisily selected events to attend.
British Dictionary definitions for attend

attend

/əˈtɛnd/
verb
1.
to be present at (an event, meeting, etc)
2.
when intr, foll by to. to give care; minister
3.
when intr, foll by to. to pay attention; listen
4.
(transitive; often passive) to accompany or follow: a high temperature attended by a severe cough
5.
(intransitive; foll by on or upon) to follow as a consequence (of)
6.
(intransitive) foll by to. to devote one's time; apply oneself: to attend to the garden
7.
(transitive) to escort or accompany
8.
(intransitive; foll by on or upon) to wait (on); serve; provide for the needs (of): to attend on a guest
9.
(transitive) (archaic) to wait for; expect
10.
(intransitive) (obsolete) to delay
Derived Forms
attender, noun
Word Origin
C13: from Old French atendre, from Latin attendere to stretch towards, from tendere to extend
Word Origin and History for attend
v.

c.1300, "to direct one's mind or energies," from Old French atendre (12c., Modern French attendre) "to expect, wait for, pay attention," and directly from Latin attendere "give heed to," literally "to stretch toward," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + tendere "stretch" (see tenet). The notion is of "stretching" one's mind toward something. Sense of "take care of, wait upon" is from early 14c. Meaning "to pay attention" is early 15c.; that of "to be in attendance" is mid-15c. Related: Attended; attending.