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attend English

Meaning attend meaning

What does attend mean?
Definitions in simple English

attend Verb

— If you attend something like school or a party, you go to it. I attended a party. My son will attend kindergarten next year. — If you attend to something, you give attention to it. I attended my brother as best man at his wedding. Will you please attend to this huge list of orders?

attend

— verb (= go to) be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc She attends class regularly I rarely attend services at my church did you go to the meeting? — verb (= take care, see) take charge of or deal with Could you see about lunch? I must attend to this matter She took care of this business — verb (= hang) give heed (to) The children in the audience attended the recital quietly She hung on his every word They attended to everything he said — verb to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result Menuhin's playing was attended by a 15-minute standing ovation — verb (= serve, wait on, assist) work for or be a servant to May I serve you? She attends the old lady in the wheelchair Can you wait on our table, please? Is a salesperson assisting you? The minister served the King for many years

Synonyms attend synonyms

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attend English » English

accompany serve visit see be present present look after follow participate witness wait upon wait on mind nurse go to tend take care heed go escort care for call on advert tend to take care of pay attention to listen hear give ear care watch wait treat take part in take part pay heed pay attention hang go with go through go after come attention service pursue notice minister look out on look listen in

Topics attend topics

What do people use attend to talk about?
Language and thought Think Mind

Think about
Language and thought Teach

School
Social behavior Social activity Come together, form a group

Meet together
Person Sense, perceive Hear

Listen
Language and thought Soul, spirit Mental state

Attention
Social behavior Authority Submit to authority

Serve

Conjugation attend conjugation

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attend · verb

Examples attend examples

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Simple sentences

I would like to attend the party on November 1st.
He couldn't attend the meeting because he was sick.
Tom couldn't attend the party because he was sick.
Children should attend a school.
She refused to attend his funeral.
I am going to attend a funeral tomorrow.
My sister started to attend a language school. She is learning English there.
Tom didn't attend the party for family reasons.
Where do you attend high school?
Either you or he has to attend the meeting.
Are you going to attend the meeting?
I can't attend the meeting.
Peter doesn't need to attend the meeting.
I haven't decided yet whether I will attend the party.
It is necessary that Nancy attend the meeting.
Since it's important, I'll attend to it.
I didn't commit myself to attend the meeting.
That's the reason why I couldn't attend the meeting.
I came to Tokyo to attend a conference.
Ask him if he will attend the meeting.
We got her to attend to the patient.
It is not necessary for us to attend the meeting.
You'll have to attend the ceremony whether you are free or busy.
Why didn't you attend the class meeting?
My mother will attend to the baby while I go to the dance.
There is no one to attend to that patient.
However, like America, Japan is predominantly a middle-class, middle-income country, and so wives do not employ maids, but attend to everything themselves.
Students should attend classes regularly.
I will be happy to attend your party.
Either you or I must attend the meeting.

Movie subtitles

Well, in the name of good professional practice, I must attend to the casket first.
Jed Charmers is a wannabe mayor, yet he doesn't attend the one event that would guarantee him a large audience to mix and mingle with.
And I think it, it might be best if you don't attend the birth.
Nonetheless, it isn't really within the purview of the Toronto Constabulary to attend to the death of dogs.
Right, well, I'll attend the lecture then, I suppose.
Of course you'll attend the bloody lecture!
Sometimes we're called to attend them.
She's open to a settlement conversation, which you will be required to attend.
To launch the reward, the grand duchess was giving a grand masked-ball, which Fandor, skilled at edging his way into anywhere, had decided to attend.
The Grand Duchess Alexandra begs you to attend a masked-ball which she is giving in Hotel Parc des Princes, from 7pm onwards.
And I always attend your concerts.
I am going to attend mass, my daughter.
In a few days. If we send a carriage to your friends. they could attend to the reception tonight.
Father. permit me to attend Mass.
But back then there was only a small number of participants, because students could not attend and also because travel was difficult during the war.
I hope you'll attend his circumcision.
Joan, if we permit you to attend Mass. will you stop wearing men's clothes?
So, you would rather dress as a man than attend Mass?
I'll attend to you later.
You return to the depot and attend to our trunks while I go over details with dear old Buckie?
From his majesty the Czar, as a token of his supreme joy that he will be able to attend the congress this afternoon for the first time.
Did you attend that ball last night?
I'll attend to it.
I'm sorry, madame, but there are still certain matters. which you should attend to yourself.
When this Pitt came to summon you, as you claim. did you know you were called to attend another rebel?
Then it is understood that I am to attend to everything In the future?
Gentlemen, I'll attend to you later.
So, you must definitely attend.
He will personally attend the Jeju forum.
He said he wants to personally attend the forum at Jeju on peace on the Peninsula.
Your husband might be suspicious if you do not attend the party.
On the way, they came to a farm. and Ola wanted to ask the owner if he would like to attend the wedding.
Now, if you boys will pardon me for a few moments, I have some very important business to attend to.
I'll attend to that later.
Well, I'll attend to that.
Ladies and gentlemen, you're all invited to attend the wedding of my daughter.
Pardon me. Mr. Baxter. Did you attend that ball last night?
I SAY. DID YOU, UH, ATTEND TO THAT CHAMPAGNE I TELEPHONED YOU ABOUT?
KEEP OUT OF THIS. I'LL ATTEND TO THIS.
I'LL ATTEND TO YOU WHEN I COME BACK.

News and current affairs

Berlin today is vibrant and rejuvenated, rebuilt by the German peoples' hard work and sacrifice to unify the country, and an apt setting for the conference of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), which I was there to attend.
This is the reason Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was cautious in her reaction to the Saudis' ambiguous acceptance of their invitation to attend the conference.
The voucher system means that all students, irrespective of family income, can attend the school of their choice.
Britain is a good example of the confusions that attend mere pragmatism.
Given the variety of matters to which they must attend, officials are likely to have a high threshold of attention below which risks are ignored.
Perhaps their absence made it easier for those who did attend to vent their anger.
Within the G-20 countries, there are mechanisms that attend to the interests of the most vulnerable citizens.
In particular, the new leadership will have to attend to the linkages between the real economy and the expanding financial sector as it overhauls state-owned companies and liberalizes the banks.
Few go on to finish high school or attend university.
The ministers were in Washington to attend the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, where they attempted to thrash out differences and establish common ground before the upcoming summit.
With a movie night, there would be a ready-made excuse for inviting glitterati to attend G-8 events to help spark discussions.
Hundreds of business executives, aware of the dramatic costs - and potential benefits - at stake, are now preparing to attend a UN conference on disaster-risk reduction in Sendai, Japan.
They cannot afford to attend multiple summits for each transnational issue.
It is precisely because national politicians attend to national politics, rather than Europe's broader interests, that the truth about Greece's debt went unspoken for so long.
Initially she follows in her older sister's footsteps in quest of their common dream, to attend one of China's top universities.
A college-age Libyan woman's father recently denied her the opportunity to accept a scholarship from the US State Department to attend a training workshop in Washington, DC, because he could not accompany her overseas.
And now, though Britain was a signatory of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum guaranteeing Ukrainian independence, only France and Germany attend any serious negotiations.
Food and other basic goods are bought - benefiting the local economy - nutrition improves, and kids attend school for longer.
That rapprochement was possible because Taiwan's then newly elected vice president was given permission by China to attend the forum, where he was able to meet informally with President Hu.
At this time of year, of course, many Christians who are not regular churchgoers attend the Nativity services.
But they also must acknowledge and attend to the post-crisis challenges facing the region as a whole.
But if double talk were an indictable offense, there would be few left to attend international summits.
Fiat wallows in crisis; university rectors resign en mass; judges attend the opening session of the judicial year carrying copies of the constitution as a warning to the government.
Britain is a good example of the confusions that attend mere pragmatism. Scotland may have a new (and expensive) government, but what about the English regions?

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