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- pronunciation:
tend
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
attends, attending, attended |
| definition 1: |
to be present at.
Did you attend the funeral?- antonyms:
- miss
- similar words:
- go to, see, visit, witness
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| definition 2: |
to take care of; tend.
Nurses attend sick people.- synonyms:
- care for, look after, mind, minister to, nurse, take care of, tend
- similar words:
- help, keep, supervise
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| definition 3: |
to go along with; accompany.
Several guards attended the king.- synonyms:
- accompany, assist
- similar words:
- herd, shepherd, usher
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| definition 4: |
to pay attention.
Please attend to what I am saying.- synonyms:
- listen
- similar words:
- concentrate, tend
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| related words: |
beware, deal, serve, tend, treat, wait on |
(v.)attend
+ adverb
regularly
(v.)attend
+ noun
alcoholic,
auction,
banquet,
birthday,
boarding,
briefing,
camp,
celebration,
ceremony,
church,
class,
clinic,
college,
concert,
conference,
convention,
counseling,
demonstration,
dinner,
event,
festival,
forum,
function,
funeral,
gala,
gathering,
grade,
graduate,
graduation,
hearing,
inauguration,
institution,
kindergarten,
lecture,
luncheon,
mass,
meeting,
memorial,
mosque,
opening,
parade,
party,
physician,
picnic,
presentation,
rally,
reception,
recital,
rehearsal,
retreat,
reunion,
school,
screening,
seminary,
service,
session,
stimulus,
summit,
synagogue,
training,
wedding,
workshop,
worship
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| derivations: |
attendee (n.), attender (n.) |
The word attend
contains the following parts:
at-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
The prefix at-
occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of ad- used before roots beginning with "t," such as "tract" and "ten, tin, tain." See ad-.
Example words:
tend, tent, tens
Latin
root
that means stretch
Example words:
attend, attendance, attention, contend, extend, extent, intend, intent, intention, tendency, tendon, tense, tension, tent
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