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attend

at·tend [ ə ténd ] (past and past participle at·tend·ed, present participle at·tend·ing, 3rd person present singular at·tends)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive and intransitive verb go to event: to go to or be present at an event
Hundreds attended the wedding.

2. transitive and intransitive verb regularly go to particular establishment: to go regularly to an institution such as a school or church for instruction or worship

3. intransitive verb listen or watch carefully: to listen or pay close attention to somebody or something ( formal )

4. transitive verb occur along with something: to accompany something or be associated with it ( formal ) ( usually passive )

5. transitive verb be somebody's attendant: to escort somebody or act as an attendant to somebody ( formal ) ( usually passive )

6. intransitive verb result from something: to be the consequence of something ( literary )

[14th century. Via Old French atendre< Latin attendere "reach toward" < tendere "to stretch"]

at·tend·er noun
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