attend

7 definitions • 12 examples

to go to an event, place, etc.:

Over two hundred people attended the funeral.

The meeting is on the fifth and we're hoping everyone will attend.

to go officially and usually regularly to a place:

Which school do your children attend?

I attended the classes/seminars/lectures for a month or two.

to give attention to what someone is saying:

I'm afraid I wasn't attending to what was being said.

to provide a service to someone, especially as part of your job:

The queen was attended by her ladies-in-waiting.

to happen as a result of, and at the same time as:

the publicity that attends a career in television

to be at an event or go to a place:

[ T ] She attends classes on Tuesdays.

[ I ] You don’t have to attend if you don’t want to.

to go to a place or an event:

According to recent research, the busy British professional attends nearly 60 meetings a month.

a summit attended by prominent world leaders

It was an important meeting and the whole department was expected to attend.