attend

attend
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. accompany, escort; be present; heed, listen; minister to, serve. See accompaniment, attention, presence, remedy.
II
(Roget's IV) v.
1. [To go with]
Syn. accompany, escort, chaperon; see accompany 1 , 3 .
2. [To go to]
Syn. be present at, go to, frequent, appear at, sit in on, visit, be a guest, revisit, haunt, be a member, be an habitu?, make an appearance, audit.
Ant. leave*, be missing, absent oneself.
3. [To take care of]
Syn. minister to, serve, tend; see tend 1 .
• attend school,
Syn. undergo schooling, study, go to school, be educated, receive instruction, matriculate, learn, take courses, register, enroll; see also register 1 .
See Synonym Study at accompany .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
1. look after minister to, serve, tend, take care of, nurse, assist, doctor.
2. to be present appear, show up, go to, turn up.
3. accompany come with, go hand in hand, escort, be associated with.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To occur as a consequence: ensue, follow, result. See CAUSE, PRECEDE. 2. To be with or go with (another): accompany, companion, company, escort. Obsolete: consort. Idiom: go hand in hand with. See ACCOMPANIED. 3. To work and care for: do for, minister to, serve, wait on (or upon). See CARE FOR. 4. To have the care and supervision of: care for, look after, mind, minister to, see to, tend2, watch. Idioms: keep an eye on, look out for, take care (or charge) of, take under one's wing. See CARE FOR. 5. To perceive by ear, usually attentively: hark, hear, heed, listen. Archaic: hearken. Idiom: give (or lend) one's ear. See SOUNDS.

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  • Attend — At*tend , v. i. 1. To apply the mind, or pay attention, with a view to perceive, understand, or comply; to pay regard; to heed; to listen; usually followed by to. [1913 Webster] Attend to the voice of my supplications. Ps. lxxxvi. 6. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • attend to — (someone) to give care to someone who is ill. Malone flew home to attend to his wife, who was in the hospital …   New idioms dictionary

  • attend — ► VERB 1) be present at. 2) go regularly to (a school, church, etc). 3) (attend to) deal with or pay attention to. 4) occur at the same time as or as a result of. 5) escort and wait on (an important person). DERIVATIVES …   English terms dictionary

  • attend — [ə tend′] vt. [ME attenden < OFr atendre, to wait, expect < L attendere, to stretch toward, give heed to < ad , to + tendere, stretch: see THIN] 1. Now Rare to take care or charge of; look after 2. a) to wait on; minister to; serve b) to …   English World dictionary

  • attend — I (accompany) verb be associated with, be connected with, go along with II (be present at) verb frequent, go to, visit III (heed) verb be attentive to, give heed to, listen, mark, mind, note, notice, take notice of IV ( …   Law dictionary

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  • attend to — (something) to deal with something. Firefighters attended to a smoking car outside the building …   New idioms dictionary

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