Definition of Attend

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Attend

To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard.

To care for; to look after; to take charge of; to watch over.

To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on; to serve.

To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to; as, a measure attended with ill effects.

To be present at; as, to attend church, school, a concert, a business meeting.

To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for.

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.

To accompany or be present or near at hand, in pursuance of duty; to be ready for service; to wait or be in waiting; -- often followed by on or upon.

(with to) To take charge of; to look after; as, to attend to a matter of business.

To wait; to stay; to delay.

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Attend Quotations

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
Mark Twain

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.
Jane Austen

Greater love hath no man than to attend the Episcopal Church with his wife.
Lyndon B. Johnson

Nor dread nor hope attend a dying animal; a man awaits his end dreading and hoping all.
William Butler Yeats

President Bush left for Canada today to attend a trade summit. Reportedly, the trade summit got off to an awkward start when the president pulled out his baseball cards.
Conan O'Brien

When I go to Rome, I fast on Saturday, but in Milan I do not. Do you also follow the custom of whatever church you attend, if you do not want to give or receive scandal.
Saint Ambrose

To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity.
Jose Marti

Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.
Dag Hammarskjold

The campaign against the death penalty has been - while a powerful campaign, its participants have been those who attend all of the vigils, a relatively small number of people.
Angela Davis

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.
Samuel Butler

Attend Translations

attend in Afrikaans is verpleeg, kuier, bywoon
attend in Dutch is verplegen, zorgen voor, verzorgen
attend in French is visiter, soigner
attend in German is bedienen, erledigen, teilnehmen
attend in Latin is prosequor (prosecutus), prevenire
attend in Portuguese is atenda
attend in Spanish is asistir, visitar, participar

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