attend

attend is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

at - attend - authority

Pronunciation

• (UK) (US) IPA ^(key): /əˈtɛnd/ or [əˈtʰɛnd]

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Verb

Plain form attend

Third-person singular attends

Past tense attended

Past participle attended

Present participle attending

Attend is on the Academic Vocabulary List.

1. If you attend something like school or a party, you go to it.

   I attended a party.

   My son will attend kindergarten next year.

2. 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?

Synonyms

• listen
• appear
• join
• focus

Related words

• unattended
• attendant
• attendance
• attention
• attender

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