attendat‧tend /əˈtend/ ●●● S2 W2 verb formal 
Only 12 people attended the meeting. Please let us know if you are unable to attend.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say go (to) or come (to) instead of attend:· I didn’t go to the parents’ meeting.· Please let us know if you can’t come.2[intransitive, transitive] to go regularly to a school, church etc: I am the first child in my family to attend college.3[transitive] formal to happen or exist at the same time as something: the peculiar atmosphere which attends such an event4[transitive] to look after someone, especially because they are ill: On his deathbed the General was attended by several doctors.GRAMMAR Attend is often passive in this meaning.attend to somebody/something phrasal verb1to deal with business or personal matters: I may be late – I have got one or two things to attend to.2to help a customer in a shop or a restaurant SYN serve
WORD ORIGINattend
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French atendre, from Latin attendere, from ad- ‘to’ + tendere ‘to stretch’VERB TABLE
attend
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | attend |
| he, she, it | attends | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | attended |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have attended |
| he, she, it | has attended | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had attended |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will attend |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have attended |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am attending |
| he, she, it | is attending | |
| you, we, they | are attending | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was attending |
| you, we, they | were attending | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been attending |
| he, she, it | has been attending | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been attending |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be attending |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been attending |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- After attending church, the family would go home for dinner.
- Both children attend St. Joan Church
- Employees are expected and required to attend team meetings.
- First-year students receive all the financial aid needed in order to attend.
- Karl attended college after military service.
- More than 1000 people attended the conference.
- Potential buyers were invited to attend.
- Several people were unable to attend because of the storm.
- Some of the most glittering celebrities in the country are expected to attend.
- the attending physician
- The Duchess of York attended the charity reception, along with her two daughters.
- Uncertainty attends the future of the industry.
- Will you be attending the conference?
- All Nutcrackered out, you have no intention of attending one more holiday spectacular show.
- Among those attending the cremation ceremony in Vientiane on Jan. 28 were President Souphanouvong, making a rare public appearance.
- Edward's parents sent their condolences, attended the ceremony at chapel and graveside, and Mrs Thomas visited the widow.
- I invite Chris to attend any type of public forum where Bucky performs.
- Since 1997, participating countries have been attending annual meetings to decide on the rules for implementing Kyoto.
- The churches were open, and some of the officers and soldiers attended service...
- When he was discharged from the hospital, he continued to attend for rehabilitation treatment as an out-patient.
- When the matter came up for hearing, Bradley attended.
Longman Language Activatorto do things that need doing
to decide what needs to be done and make sure that it is done: · Who is dealing with the accommodation arrangements for the conference?· I spend most of my working day dealing with customer inquiries.· I'm sorry I'm late. I had an urgent call to deal with.
to deal with all the practical details of something that needs to be done or organized: · I'll join you later - there are a few things I need to see to at the office first.· My brother attended to all the funeral arrangements.· You'd better get someone to see to that leaking pipe.see to it that: · I'll see to it that everything is ready on the day.
to make sure that arrangements are made or work is completed, especially when you do this for someone else so that they do not need to worry about it: · My secretary will take care of the details.· Shall I take care of your mail for you while you are away?it/everything is taken care of (=someone has dealt with it for you): · Don't worry about your passport and visa - it's all taken care of.
spoken say this to tell someone that you will be responsible for making arrangements or for doing something that needs doing: · "We need to make sure the others know where we'll be meeting." "Leave it to me. I'll phone them when I get home."
if an organization such as a government department processes a letter, an official document, or formal process etc, it deals with it: · You should allow two weeks for your visa application to be processed.· Computers have given banks the power to process millions of transactions a day.
British /follow up on American to take further action in order to deal with a complaint, request, letter etc: · I got your e-mail but I'm afraid I forgot to follow it up.· Our rule is that the complaints department must follow up a letter within two days.· Following up on recommendations made last year, the president called for the more efficient use of resources.
to regularly go to a school, work or church · As a child I used to hate going to church.· Karen goes to Daley College.· He's been going to Spanish lessons for months and he still can't speak a word of it.
written to regularly go to a class, school or church: · Both children attend St. Joan Church· Karl attended college after military service.
especially British /be in American if you are at or are in a school, college, or university, you study there: · I'm at Belton School. What about you?· Mary is at Northwestern University.· Sam was an athlete in school.be at school/college/university: · My husband and I met when we were both at college.
to go to a meeting, party, concert etc · She invited me to her wedding, but I couldn't go.· How many of you actually went last week?go to · Did you go to the baseball game last weekend?· I have to go to a meeting this afternoon.
to go to a game, concert, meeting, party etc, either at the home of the person who invites you, or with someone who is also going there: · We're having a meal at my home tomorrow night. Do you want to come?come to: · Can you come to my party?· You should have come to the concert -- it was really good.
formal to go to an event such as a meeting: · Will you be attending the conference?· Employees are expected and required to attend team meetings.· Several people were unable to attend because of the storm.
informal to go to a particular event that you are expected to be at: · It's my sister's birthday party. She'll be very disappointed if I don't show up.· Chris turned up an hour late.show up/turn up for: · She showed up twenty minutes late for class.· Schmidt failed to turn up for a scheduled meeting on Monday morning.
to go to an event such as a party or a meeting, but only for a short time: · The president made an appearance on 'CBS This Morning'.· I hate these official cocktail parties, but I suppose I'd better put in an appearance for half an hour.
to look after someone by helping them especially British also take care of to make sure someone has everything they need and is safe and happy: · We had a lovely time in Dorset. Susan looked after us very nicely. She's a wonderful cook.· Paul's old enough to look after himself.· Don't worry about me. I can take care of myself.be well looked after (=always given everything you need): · Alex could see the horse had been well looked after.· Don't look so worried -- she's being well looked after by the nurses.take good care of somebody (=be very careful in order to keep somebody healthy, happy, or safe): · Take good care of yourself while you're away.· They took very good care of me.· The firm is getting a reputation for taking better care of its customers than in the past.
to give someone the care and help that you regularly give them, especially as part of your job: · Dr Gresham is busy at the moment attending to one of his patients.· The cabin crew will attend to the passengers' needs.· They worked happily together, feeding and attending to the livestock.
to start to look after a younger or less experienced person in a friendly way with the intention of helping them or protecting them while they gain experience: · Adrienne, eleven years older, had taken the 19-year-old singer under her wing.· He had sized me up, he said, and had decided to take me under his wing.
to go to a party · Are you going to the Christmas party?· Over 150 people went to her 21st birthday party.
especially written to go to a formal party: · The Duchess of York attended the charity reception, along with her two daughters.· Some of the most glittering celebrities in the country are expected to attend.
informal to spend time enjoying yourself at a party or at parties, especially when this involves drinking a lot of alcohol, dancing etc: · They partied till 7 in the morning.· I could party all night long!
the activity of drinking, dancing, meeting people etc at parties: · My life was an endless round of photo shoots, interviews, and serious partying.· Partying and having a good time was all she seemed interested in.· Around about 2 am, the partying came to an abrupt halt.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of the two boys. Publishers and writers from 13 countries attended the seminar.
· I attended the ceremony at the cathedral.
· I’ve got to go to a science class now.
(=go to classes regularly)· You can’t pass your exams if you don’t attend class.
formal:· He was the first person in his family to attend college.
formal (=take part in a course)· You’ll have to attend a course on how to deal with customers on the phone.
Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of the two boys.· About 200 people braved the weather to attend the rally.
· We have to attend a reception at the Embassy.
formal (=go to a school)· Some of the children had not attended school very regularly before.
Publishers and writers from 13 countries attended the seminar. formal· Some doctors require patients to attend counselling sessions.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· However, I also attended the village evening school, which was organized by an ancient relation of Mr Wopsle's.· Many individuals also attend training and educational programs sponsored by industry associations, often in collaboration with postsecondary institutions.· Dentists from Barnard Castle and Stockton will also attend.· D., said at a news conference also attended by Sens.· Other senior officials also attended the summit.· Nichols' brother, James, also attended the proceedings, which continue Wednesday.· For members of the International Rights Centre who are also attending the symposium, the cost is £50.· Burke also attended the board meeting, but made no public comment.
· The Business Skills Seminars for small businesses were attended by over 2,300 people during the year.· And so his victory parade was attended by almost nobody but himself.· An enjoyable party attended by only 18 children.· Archbishop Winning celebrated the Ash Wednesday Mass attended by about 200 students.· A successful evening attended by over eighty children.
· Animals need to attend to and learn about a stimulus only when its implications for the future are uncertain.· You have and duties to attend to before you can even think about putting your tootsies up.· She had an emergency patient to attend to.· The consequence of this for the curriculum must be that within all subject areas both aspects must be attended to.· Luckily the weather was so awful that nothing was flying, so there was only routine work to attend to.· After that there were cheques to be attended to and put aside to await Silas's signature.· After the final curtain he went to the local hospital to have the wound attended to.· But the court has other business besides Maastricht to attend to.
NOUN· Edward's parents sent their condolences, attended the ceremony at chapel and graveside, and Mrs Thomas visited the widow.· The former president, now 90 and stricken with Alzheimer's disease, also won't attend the ceremony.· Missing from the picture is Werner Reichert who was unable to attend the ceremony.· Vice President Al Gore even attended a ground-breaking ceremony in June of 1994.· But few who attended today's ceremonies were in any doubt they were witnessing the end of an era.· Had she insisted on the couple marrying in the village church she would have been obliged to attend the ceremony.· President Herrera and his cabinet attended the ceremony.
· He has three children, two attending public schools and one in a home school program.· It was not confined to Methodists, but was for all children who wished to attend.· Elton Gallegly, R-Calif., that would have barred children from attending public schools if they are in the country illegally.· Mr Bush announced that Mrs Black had agreed to help at the school as there would be an extra seventy children attending.· We want to choose which school our children will attend.· He stressed the normality of the children who attended it.· As in the previous conservation problems, the preoperational child typically does not attend to all aspects of transformation that she sees.
· Sometimes they had to attend the fashionable church in Mayfair where Canon Broome's brother-in-law was rector.· The people who attend Pentecostal churches tend to be from the same population that plays the lottery.· What about those who would like to attend church but through disability or remoteness are unable to do so?· He had attended church, had a family, helped in the underground railroad, fought in the Civil War.· Those wishing to attend church services also have to make their way to Kirkburn.· He succumbs to the temptation of attending church services at Lowick, where Casaubon cuts him irretrievably.· Only about 7 % of locals regularly attend church.· Once, while attending church, I saw the priest snoring while the lector read from the Bible.
· In practice, this meant that for six years he refused to take classes, attend seminars, or write a dissertation.· It would be well to describe an actual class I attended in Vienna.· It is possible for teachers and/or class members to attend individual sessions which are taken by different people each week.· Following this ritual, she was separated from Annabel while waiting for it to be decided which class she would attend first.· Now we can quantify this: 0.482 more service class than working class children attend these schools.· If you have any of your class members attending please let them know that this payment is now due.
· She did in fact attend clinic eventually, and this allowed a full discussion of the situation.· Most think anyone who wants to buy a gun should have to attend a clinic on proper use.· Results - New cases of gonorrhoea among men attending genitourinary medicine clinics increased by 7.7% in 1989 and by 4.2% in 1990.· She subsequently attended the genetic counselling clinic, and was very anxious about the situation.· For this investigation the patient must attend the clinic in the early morning having held his urine all night.· Patients - 181 patients attending hospital outpatient clinics.· The man was given a 2 year probation order on condition he attends a clinic.
· Perhaps they had attended the same college: the college whose colours were cerise and silver.· He attended a technical college for engineering studies before moving to Los Angeles in 1982.· In 1902 he attended staff college, and was posted in 1903 to the staff of the Somaliland field forces.· In the 15 previous years, two residents of Kenilworth-Parkside had attended college.· Almost 2. 5 million young people were attending college.· In essence he insists that he has a right to attend a college in his home community.· It would mark the first time in at least 15 years that the cost of attending public colleges in Massachusetts has decreased.
· The conferences was attended by more than 300 delegates from most of the agency's 113 member states.· D., said at a news conference also attended by Sens.· I went to national and regional conferences and attended all sorts of local workshops.· Scene: On the airplane home, you wrote a short report discussing the conference you just attended.· How many courses or conferences have you attended or even seen advertised that mention children in their titles?· The conference, attended by 189 countries, opened on Monday and will run until July 20.· The Edinburgh conference was attended by media practitioners, theologians and teachers.
· Spouses may be encouraged to attend language courses at colleges of further education.· The production manager attends a two-week training course in Atlanta on leading work-unit teams.· You may also have the opportunity to attend a course.· The number of couples attending pre-marriage courses was 31.· Over the past few months seven candidates have attended different courses.· A prospectus was drawn up and students with suitable qualifications were invited to attend the first course in 1977.· Anyone who is interested in attending either of these courses should contact the Medau Office at Epsom.· A further 150 employees attended external training courses during the year.
· Field Chairs advise individual enquirers and talk to all those prospective entrants to their fields who attend a visit day.· The new Cafod worker, who will be based in the Dioceses of Lancaster and Salford, will attend both days.· Almost the same number are Bengali children of middle-class families, who attend the day school.· At the time we saw her, Jean was living in a hostel in North London and attending a psychiatric day centre.· In addition to the lectures, part 11 participants attend two days of conferences related to archaeology and undertake a short practical survey project.· You can attend on either day.
· Raducanu attended the official dinner that followed the international but then left his team-mates.· Only Forbes, Hostettler, Klug and Wolf had been scheduled to attend the dinner.· Brian was attending a medical dinner that night, so it was left to Celia to entertain the pair alone.· We attended a dinner at Le Mandrie.· Over 100 guests attended his retiral dinner at the Normandy Hotel, Renfrew.· Nearly 1, 400 Republicans attended a state committee dinner last February.· Despite their early start, they still attended the dinner laid on by the Flanders rugby authorities.· He would attend the dinner and the theatre.
· The move will double the number of people who can attend this popular event, from 4000 to 8000.· Live theater drew 9 percent, nearly double the 5 percent who attended sporting events.· Two of the other leading political candidates have been asked to attend the event.· Instead Dole will attend various events in Tennessee and campaign with former Gov.· Indeed, I wondered if we had attended the same event.· Westbrook employees, nearly half of whom are residents, must attend after-hours events in the projects.· The comments and suggestions made by college staff attending these events have proved invaluable in framing the proposals described in these papers.· A Los Angeles Times reporter attended the event after purchasing a $ 42 ticket made available when a reservation was canceled.
· Her family attended her funeral today.· I did not attend the funeral.· Many villagers attended his funeral, with his team mates in football gear as pall bearers.· MacDonald was attending the funeral of an aunt in Sussex.· One weekend his parents went away to attend a funeral and he arranged to stay at Adam's house.· She descended into hell to attend the funeral of the raging bull of heaven, her instrument for terrorizing the earth.· Besides, it is highly unlikely that a murderer would attend his victim's funeral.· We attended a funeral in Richmond on the first day of school a year ago.
· To get the most out of lectures, it pays to attend regularly.· I attended all my lectures and got the best grades.· I've been attending all the lectures that deal with building up a practice.· Some time ago I attended a lecture on psychotherapy for people who have a catastrophic illness.· Since he was unable to attend, the lecture he had prepared was read out to the 1,000 participants on December 14.· A group of them even inVited one of the prominent leftist student spokesmen to attend the lectures and help direct the questioning.· Wittgenstein did nothing to soften the difficulties, even discouraging his own students from attending Waismann's lectures.· The mechanics lost out, and the place became a research institute funded by subscribers who attended lectures.
· There were so many evening meetings to attend ... Jean never questioned where her public-spirited husband was really going.· At the meetings I attended there were never more than 20 local residents present, most of them women.· One of the frequent mass meetings attended by workers was taking place.· Picton-Howell's main mission in life was to record faithfully the minutes of the many meetings she attended.· These meetings were well attended and were known as conventicles.· She had shopping to get, a visit to make, a meeting to attend.
· My philosophy being that members who attended the meetings or functions which I attended will know I was there.· The party members attending the session here were mostly middle-aged or elderly California residents.· Only close family members attended the service, some of whom say that his body showed signs of torture.· Moores was openly critical of task force members who did not attend.· Over 50 attended the function, but what was so encouraging was the quality of the prospective members that attended.· Most of the Republican members have not been attending the committee meetings.· The take-up has been disappointing in some respects, with the most highly motivated members attending several courses.· Subsequently 6 or 8 members attended each meeting.
· If attending a wedding or party of close friends, you should have the time of your life.· She said she attended a party with him earlier in the evening and then went to a nightclub with him.· He had spent the last twenty years attending the Party conference, four days of gin and oratory.· About 500 people will attend a private party in the room on the eve of the Super Bowl.· Around 50 retired employees attended the party and were treated to a three course dinner served up by committee volunteers.· The couple were spotted doing a raunchy snake dance in a nightclub after Peta attended a riotous party he threw.
· After discharge, patients should attend weekly outpatient appointments, moving to fortnightly or monthly attendances as appropriate.· Clearly it is good news for the people of Rugby and especially for patients attending St. Cross hospital.· Of 225 new patients attending our adolescent gynaecology clinic in 1992, 167 presented with menstrual disturbances.· For this investigation the patient must attend the clinic in the early morning having held his urine all night.· Patients - 181 patients attending hospital outpatient clinics.· If it transpires that the patient has not yet attended the general practitioner for this diabetic review one reminder prompt is sent.· This difference in prescribing between rural and urban areas was found almost exclusively in patients not attending a hospital diabetic clinic.
· A further 70,000 people attended a candle-lit ceremony on June 4.· In 1971, for a 10-day crusade in Oakland, about 360, 000 people attended.· He suggested a shuttle service may be suitable for people wishing to attend at Marton.· The blast forced the evacuation of hotel workers and guests, including 450 people attending an oil and gas conference.· Twenty-four people attended including and from the Albion Maltings.· More than a thousand people attended the reception at the house on Park Lane that the Phippses had taken for the season.· In all about 90 people attended.· Almost 2. 5 million young people were attending college.
· Most of those attending the rally Sunday, however, were Phoenix-area veterans and friends.· New members for 1988 are offered a free voucher to attend a Rally of their own choosing.· They have also been invited to attend a rally to commemorate the 22 de Enero.· It was from here, in 1959, that she effectively attended an Oswald Mosley rally.· Its supporters may be nervous about attending its rallies, and the movement itself is divided.· Feminists threw their weight behind Mrs Killea's campaign, and hundreds of students attended a rally in support of abortion rights.· He was attending a Liberal rally in the city.
· About one-eighth of secondary pupils in Northern Ireland attend grammar secondary schools, the remainder attending secondary intermediate schools.· They were refused admission to a public school attended by white children solely because of their race....· The money goes to schools their children never attend, social services they do not need, roads they never use.· Poor children actually may be subsidizing the middle class in terms of effective per-pupil expenditures in schools that they mutually attend.· She also does two afternoons' voluntary work at the school which her children attend.· We want to choose which school our children will attend.
· In practice, this meant that for six years he refused to take classes, attend seminars, or write a dissertation.· Participants will also attend seminars to discuss the collections.· A nurse introduced Dave to our plan and invited him to attend a company seminar.· Fifteen writers and publishers from 13 Third World countries attended the seminar.· A huge and devoted group of followers pay $ 39 a head to attend her motivational hotel seminars.· The course is taught partly in College, where students attend lectures, seminars workshops and tutorials, and partly in schools.· As part of his new job, Lipson says he plans to attend a Blue Cross seminar a day.
· Relatively few people attend services in Moscow's 500 churches, but there have been millions of baptisms each year since 1991.· On the first Sunday in May, he attended services at Trinity Church, walking the six blocks to and fro.· The money goes to schools their children never attend, social services they do not need, roads they never use.· No high-profile celebrities attended the service.· Only close family members attended the service, some of whom say that his body showed signs of torture.· Within the United States alone I attended services in 263 seven different languages.· Nearly everyone in town would be attending at least one service there.· Hathaway and her two surviving children attended the service.
· All freshmen who attend optional orientation sessions receive information on date rape.· They are introduced to the day centre and attend regular training sessions organised by the project and other outside agencies.· It was nevertheless suspended for three years, the brothers forced to attend sensitivity-training sessions.· It is possible for teachers and/or class members to attend individual sessions which are taken by different people each week.· The meetings ran for seventeen days, and thousands of enthusiastic guests lined up every evening to attend the open sessions.· The new student will be expected to train daily at his home and attend a club training session at least twice a week.· Managers and supervisors applauded the new approach and eagerly attended the financial training sessions.
· How many students attended the Marischal College?· Most defaults involve students who attend for-profit trade schools.· At the First Municipal girls' school, students attend crammers for mathematics and science.· In the education department, more than 10, 000 students attended nine school performances.· Think of a medical student attending a course in the X-ray diagnosis of pulmonary diseases.· The best students, who attended one of the few selective schools, received the equivalent of a high-quality prep school education.· The course is taught partly in College, where students attend lectures, seminars workshops and tutorials, and partly in schools.· A group of them even inVited one of the prominent leftist student spokesmen to attend the lectures and help direct the questioning.
· But Simmons emailed executives and told them not to attend Muhammad's summit, and refused to invite him to his own.· Yeltsin had decided not to attend the summit because of critical July 3 elections.· Other senior officials also attended the summit.· Mr Barak said he would attend a summit hosted by the United States, if one were called.
· For this purpose it was not necessary for me to stay on at school after I was sixteen and attend university.· After months in hospital he went on to attend Ohio State University.· Nor has it done anything to upgrade the education of those who do not attend universities.· Would you like to attend the university?· Self-funding students attending the University for the full session are permitted to pay their fees in termly instalments.
· More importantly, the report caused needless anxiety to all the women who have attended the centre.· They claimed that the report showed that women who attended Bristol were twice as likely to die as women who did not.· Subjects - Of 542 women attending the clinic for artificial insemination for the first time, 500 women were eligible for study.· Forty percent of the women attending a Dow-Stoker Returners programme decide to come back to work because of a trauma.· Several of these women attended our neighbourhood project, which is run by local people.· The chief and his embassy sent the three women to help Ariel attend Sycorax.
VERB· Participants from over 35 countries are expected to attend.· All of them were expected to attend a mass for his soul.· Some 10,000 participants are expected to attend the two-week meeting.· This time, Gretzky himself is expected to attend.· All 431, including the 73 partners, will be expected to attend a training day at one of the offices.· Bill managed our farm, and when Isaac died, of course we were expected to attend the funeral.· They were expected to attend the urban celebrations of the great festivals and took part in the pageantry and the festivities.· Members of both families are expected to attend the forum.
· The seminars are widely publicised beforehand, and print and broadcast journalists are invited to attend.· I invite Chris to attend any type of public forum where Bucky performs.· Lord Justice Scott can only invite witnesses to attend.· A nurse introduced Dave to our plan and invited him to attend a company seminar.· A prospectus was drawn up and students with suitable qualifications were invited to attend the first course in 1977.· Neighboring residents also will be invited to attend the meetings.· Britain, in fact, had been explicitly invited to attend the foreign ministers' meeting in Messina.· They have also been invited to attend a rally to commemorate the 22 de Enero.
· Aoun refused to attend, and his troops shelled the Patriarch's palace hours before the meeting.· A few days later he received a summons to interrogation by one of these officers, which he refused to attend.· If the debtor refuses to attend for oral examination he is liable to be committed to prison for contempt of court.· He therefore refused to attend or to allow his wife to.· Should she confess all and refuse to attend at Mrs Tiverton's morning do?
· The summons requires the person to attend the court to explain to the magistrate why the sum has not been paid.· A child who lives in a state that requires school attendance must attend some acceptable school during the years of compulsory education.· A formal notice requiring you to attend here for such an interview will be delivered to you separately from this letter.· Some time soon there will be a staff meeting you are required to attend.· All candidates are required to attend for interview and practical tests at some mutually convenient time.· A member from the panel of parents of school age will be required to attend each of the meetings.· Jury Service Leave of absence with pay is granted to all employees who are required to attend jury service.· The inhabitants were required not only to attend executions but to throw stones at the corpses.
· It was not confined to Methodists, but was for all children who wished to attend.· All are voluntary groups, and many of the meetings are open to all who wish to attend.· He suggested a shuttle service may be suitable for people wishing to attend at Marton.· I shall, if you wish, attend to your father.· The duke does not care whether you wish to attend or not - he orders it.· At the other end of the scale there were no wives in Speyside who had either attended or wished to attend.· If your Committee wishes a representative to attend this meeting, please let me know.
WORD FAMILYnounattentionattendantattentiveness ≠ inattentivenessadjectiveattentive ≠ inattentiveverbattendadverbattentively ≠ inattentively
1[intransitive, transitive] to go to an event such as a meeting or a class: Only 12 people attended the meeting. Please let us know if you are unable to attend.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say go (to) or come (to) instead of attend:· I didn’t go to the parents’ meeting.· Please let us know if you can’t come.2[intransitive, transitive] to go regularly to a school, church etc: I am the first child in my family to attend college.3[transitive] formal to happen or exist at the same time as something: the peculiar atmosphere which attends such an event4[transitive] to look after someone, especially because they are ill: On his deathbed the General was attended by several doctors.GRAMMAR Attend is often passive in this meaning.attend to somebody/something phrasal verb1to deal with business or personal matters: I may be late – I have got one or two things to attend to.2to help a customer in a shop or a restaurant SYN serve