attend
verb
[ əˈtɛnd ]
• be present at (an event, meeting, or function).
• "the whole sales force attended the conference"
Similar:
be present at,
be at,
be there at,
sit in on,
take part in,
appear at,
put in an appearance at,
make an appearance at,
present oneself at,
turn up at,
visit,
pay a visit to,
go to,
frequent,
haunt,
patronize,
show up at,
pop up at,
show one's face at,
hang out at,
take in,
catch,
• deal with.
• "he muttered that he had business to attend to"
Similar:
deal with,
cope with,
see to,
address,
manage,
organize,
orchestrate,
make arrangements for,
sort out,
handle,
take care of,
take charge of,
take responsibility for,
take in hand,
take forward,
take up,
undertake,
tackle,
give one's attention to,
apply oneself to,
• escort and wait on (a member of royalty or other important person).
• "Her Royal Highness was attended by Mrs Jane Stevens"
Similar:
escort,
accompany,
guard,
chaperone,
squire,
convoy,
guide,
lead,
conduct,
usher,
shepherd,
follow,
shadow,
assist,
help,
serve,
wait on,
• occur with or as a result of.
• "people feared that the switch to a peacetime economy would be attended by a severe slump"
Similar:
be accompanied by,
be associated with,
be connected with,
be linked with,
go hand in hand with,
occur with,
co-occur with,
coexist with,
be produced by,
be brought about by,
originate from,
originate in,
stem from,
result from,
be a result of,
arise from,
follow on from,
be a consequence of,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘apply one's mind or energies to’): from Old French atendre, from Latin attendere, from ad- ‘to’ + tendere ‘stretch’.
