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ATTEND

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give heed (to)

Example:

They attended to everything he said

Synonyms:

advert; attend; give ear; hang; pay heed

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "attend" is one way to...):

listen (hear with intention)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "attend"):

fixate (pay attention to exclusively and obsessively)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

attender (someone who listens attentively)

attention (the faculty or power of mental concentration)

attention (the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others)

attention (a general interest that leads people to want to know more)

attentive ((often followed by 'to') giving care or attention)

attentive (taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Work for or be a servant to

Example:

The minister served the King for many years

Synonyms:

assist; attend; attend to; serve; wait on

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "attend" is one way to...):

aid; assist; help (give help or assistance; be of service)

Verb group:

serve (devote (part of) one's life or efforts to, as of countries, institutions, or ideas)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "attend"):

valet (serve as a personal attendant to)

fag (act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something

Derivation:

attendant; attender (someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Take charge of or deal with

Example:

She took care of this business

Synonyms:

attend; look; see; take care

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "attend" is one way to...):

care; give care (provide care for)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "attend"):

minister (attend to the wants and needs of others)

tend (have care of or look after)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

attention (the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.

Example:

did you go to the meeting?

Synonyms:

attend; go to

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "attend" is one way to...):

be (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere)

Domain category:

church; church service (a service conducted in a house of worship)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "attend"):

sit in (attend as a visitor)

worship (attend religious services)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

miss (fail to attend an event or activity)

Derivation:

attendance (the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.))

attendant; attender (a person who is present and participates in a meeting)

attender (someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another)

Sense 5

Meaning:

To accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result

Example:

Menuhin's playing was attended by a 15-minute standing ovation

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "attend" is one way to...):

accompany; attach to; come with; go with (be present or associated with an event or entity)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

attendant (occurring with or following as a consequence)

Credits

 Context examples: 

More than two million people replied they would attend and an additional million-and-a-half expressed interest in the event.

(Millions don't turn up to 'storm' US airbase for extraterrestrial evidence, Wikinews)

In addition to documenting a driver’s dialing, texting, browsing or reaching for a phone, researchers assessed numerous secondary tasks, including dancing to music, attending to personal hygiene, and eating or drinking.

(Reaching for objects while driving may raise teen crash risk nearly sevenfold, National Institutes of Health)

Liberian officials say most of the 31 patients infected attended the April 22 funeral of a religious leader in Sinoe County.

(Experts Link Fatal Mystery Illness in Liberia to Meningitis Bacteria, VOA)

The work of attending to someone or something.

(Care, NCI Thesaurus)

Indicates that a person has attended high school and has received a high school diploma.

(High School Completion, NCI Thesaurus)

Children must get at least some vaccines before they may attend school.

(Childhood Immunization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

The Queen turned to the mice that attended her and told them to go at once and get all her people.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Many of the people who attend will be self-made, self-employed types, and you will find the people you meet fascinating.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Indicates that a person has never attended an educational program or formal schooling.

(No Formal Schooling, NCI Thesaurus)

Indicates a person has attended high school but did not complete high school and did not receive a high school diploma.

(Not High School Graduate, NCI Thesaurus)