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| at·tend [ ə ténd ] (past and past participle at·tend·ed, present participle at·tend·ing, 3rd person present singular at·tends) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb go to event: to go to or be present at an event
  Hundreds attended the wedding.
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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
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3. intransitive verb listen or watch carefully: to listen or pay close attention to somebody or something
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formal
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4. transitive verb occur along with something: to accompany something or be associated with it
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formal
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usually passive
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5. transitive verb be somebody's attendant: to escort somebody or act as an attendant to somebody
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formal
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usually passive
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6. intransitive verb result from something: to be the consequence of something
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literary
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| [14th century. Via Old French atendre< Latin attendere "reach toward" < tendere "to stretch"] |
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| at·tend·er noun |
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