attend.
Senses relating to caring for or waiting on someone, or accompanying or being present.
Meaning & usage
Senses relating to caring for or waiting on someone, or accompanying or being present. To care for (someone requiring attention); specifically, of a doctor, nurse, etc.: to provide professional care to (someone).
Senses relating to caring for or waiting on someone, or accompanying or being present. To wait on (someone or their instructions) as an attendant, servant, etc.; also (specifically of a gentleman-in-waiting or lady-in-waiting to a member of royalty), to accompany (someone) in order to assist or wait upon them; to escort.
Servants attend the king day and night.
Senses relating to caring for or waiting on someone, or accompanying or being present. To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings; also, to regularly go to (an event or place).
Children must attend primary school.
Senses relating to caring for or waiting on someone, or accompanying or being present. To take action with respect to (someone, or something such as a concern, problem, or task); to deal with, to handle.
Senses relating to caring for or waiting on someone, or accompanying or being present. Of a (chiefly immaterial) thing: to be consequent to or present with (someone or something); to accompany.
a measure attended with ill effects
Senses relating to caring for or waiting on someone, or accompanying or being present. To look after (someone or something); to tend.
Senses relating to caring for or waiting on someone, or accompanying or being present. Followed by to: to look after someone or something.
Valets attend to their employers’ wardrobes.
Senses relating to caring for or waiting on someone, or accompanying or being present. To be ready to wait upon someone or their instructions as an attendant, servant, etc.; also (followed by on or upon), to accompany someone in order to assist or wait upon them.
Senses relating to caring for or waiting on someone, or accompanying or being present. Followed by at: to go to and be present at a place for some purpose; also (obsolete), followed by on: to be present at and take part in an event.
Senses relating to caring for or waiting on someone, or accompanying or being present. Followed by to: to take action with respect to someone or something; to deal with.
Secretaries attend to correspondence.
Senses relating to caring for or waiting on someone, or accompanying or being present. Followed by on or upon: of a (chiefly immaterial) thing: to be consequent on or present with.
Senses relating to directing one's attention. To listen to (something or someone).
Senses relating to directing one's attention. To give consideration to (someone or something); to heed, to pay attention, to regard.
Senses relating to directing one's attention. Often followed by to, upon, or with: to give consideration; to pay attention.
Senses relating to directing one's attention. Followed by to or unto: to listen.
Senses relating to waiting for something. To look out or wait for (someone, or something such as a decision or event); to await.
Senses relating to waiting for something. To expect or look forward to (someone or something).
Senses relating to waiting for something. Of a thing: to be in store or lie in wait for (someone or something); to await.
Senses relating to waiting for something. To remain and wait; to abide.
Senses relating to waiting for something. Followed by for: to expect or look forward.
Senses relating to waiting for something. Followed by for: of a thing: to be in store or lie in wait.
To intend (something).
Where this word comes from
PIE word *h₂éd From Middle English attenden, atenden (“to devote oneself (to a task, etc.); to pay attention to (something), to look after; to consider (something); to expect or look forward to (something); to intend to do (something); to help or serve (someone), attend upon; to take care of (something)”), from Old French atendre (“to await, wait for; to expect; to intend”), from Latin attendere, adtendere (“to pay attention to, attend; to direct or turn toward”), from ad- (“prefix meaning ‘to, towards’”) + tendō (“to direct one’s course; to extend, stretch; to exert, strive”). Doublet of attempt and tend.
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