attend

verb

ə-ˈtend How to pronounce attend (audio)
Definition of attendnext
1
as in to accompany
to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship a passel of assistants attend the movie star wherever she goes

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2
as in to listen
to pay attention especially through the act of hearing I'm sorry, but all the noise means I'm having a hard time attending to the conversation

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3
as in to watch
to take charge of especially on behalf of another tired of attending other people's children, the nanny was eager to have a child of her own

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4
as in to coincide
to occur or exist at the same time all the pomp and circumstance that attend the opening of the Olympic Games

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Recent Examples of attend All 50 states have their own laws requiring certain vaccines for students to attend school, and all allow students to be exempted from school vaccine requirements for medical reasons. — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026 Victor Oladipo might be an exception, but the Heat did not even attend his open tryout in Las Vegas during summer league. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2026 Here’s an overview of the schools these daughters and sons of royalty will attend when the new school year begins in September. — Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 16 Aug. 2026 Fly in every few months, stay with Jaya, read, attend some talks. — Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for attend
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attend
  1. accompany
  2. listen
  3. watch
  4. coincide
  5. escort
  6. hear
  7. supervise
  8. oversee
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  • Psychiatric disorders are generally divided into mood disorders and psychotic disorders, Osborne said; postpartum psychosis is a mood disorder, in which mood symptoms accompany psychotic symptoms.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Two label departures in three days, both accompanied by explicit reassurances that TWICE group activities will continue unchanged, suggest the transition is proceeding as planned rather than as a rupture.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
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  • Smith said that South Carolina leading off — with many Southern states following on Super Tuesday soon after the early slate concludes — means that progressives will have to take the time to listen and then tailor their messages.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
  • And that writing gives the fleeting moment a chance to endure, even when the world is unable to stop and listen.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of listen
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  • When the Bills’ first unit was in base defense for three snaps, 2025 third-round pick Landon Jackson got the work with Walker and Oliver while Sanders watched from the sidelines without his helmet on.
    — Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Most visitors are likely to watch from hotels, Nile cruise ships or riverside viewing areas rather than iconic sites such as Karnak Temple or Luxor Temple, where access is likely to be restricted.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of watch
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  • This boom coincides with the rise of travel influencers and reviewers, whose detailed video content attracts millions of views and shapes consumer decisions.
    — Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The group found no reduction in violent crime attributable to the Guard deployment, though its presence coincided with a decline in property crime.
    — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of coincide
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  • Russia has recently started deploying warships to escort its commercial vessels.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Dakota sweetly escorted her grandmother to the Suspiria premiere in 2018.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of escort
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  • Around that time, multiple officers fired stun guns — the electric shocks of which could be heard lasting about four or five seconds.
    — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • In hearing their stories, Knopf came to realize that none had ever really learned how to teach children to read.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of hear
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  • Bills tight end Dalton Kincaid summoned a staffer to repair a troubling divot, while linebacker Terrel Bernard supervised.
    — Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The fish are raised in ponds fed with river water that flows off the Gombori mountains, monitored constantly to ensure proper egg development, and supervised until just the right time arrives for harvesting, salting, and packaging.
    — Felipe Riccio, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of supervise
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  • Hines, 66, appealed unsuccessfully to the governor and the courts, saying that the doctor who oversaw the May execution was unqualified and likely to botch his execution as well.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The new owners took over the keys to a tired and decaying club in the spring and have since overseen a summer renovation that has stretched from assembling a new first-team squad to restoring hot water to Hillsborough.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
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