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ATTENDED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a caretaker or other watcher
Synonyms:
attended; tended to
Classified under:
Similar:
cared-for (having needed care and attention)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment
Synonyms:
accompanied; attended
Classified under:
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb attend
Context examples:
He began to wish to know more of her, and as a step towards conversing with her himself, attended to her conversation with others.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
While well, and happy, and properly attended to, she had great good humour and excellent spirits; but any indisposition sunk her completely.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
The Consul is away, and the Vice-Consul sick; so the routine work has been attended to by a clerk.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
Mr. Harris, who attended her every day, still talked boldly of a speedy recovery, and Miss Dashwood was equally sanguine; but the expectation of the others was by no means so cheerful.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
She attended her sickbed; her watchful attentions triumphed over the malignity of the distemper—Elizabeth was saved, but the consequences of this imprudence were fatal to her preserver.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
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)
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)
Indicates that a person has attended high school and has received a high school diploma.
(High School Completion, NCI Thesaurus)
Indicates that a person has never attended an educational program or formal schooling.
(No Formal Schooling, NCI Thesaurus)
Each night the dogs were attended to first.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
