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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary at·tend ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Anglo-French atendre, from Latin attendere, literally, to stretch to, from ad- + tendere to stretch — more at thin DATE 14th century transitive verb 1. to pay attention to 2. to look after : take charge of campsites…attended by park rangers — Jackson Rivers 3. a. to go or stay with as a companion, nurse, or servant b. to visit professionally especially as a physician 4. archaic a. to wait for b. to be in store for 5. to be present with : accompany 6. to be present at : go to attend law school intransitive verb 1. to apply oneself attend to your work 2. to apply the mind or pay attention : heed 3. a. to be ready for service ministers who attend upon the king b. to be present 4. obsolete : wait , stay 5. to direct one's attention : see I'll attend to that • at·tend·er noun English Etymology attend c.1300, "to direct one's mind or energies," from O.Fr . atendre(12c., Mod.Fr. attendre) "to expect, wait for, pay attention," from L.attendere "give heed to," lit. "to stretch toward," from ad- "to" + tendere "stretch" (see tenet). The notion is of "stretching" one's mind toward something. Sense of "take care of, wait upon" is from early 15c.http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ attend at·tend / E5tend / verb1. to be present at an event 出席；参加: ▪ [VN] The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90% 的股东出席了会议。 to attend a wedding / funeral 参加婚礼/葬礼 ▪ [V] We'd like as many people as possible to attend. 我们希望出席的人越多越好。 2. [VN] to go regularly to a place 经常去,定期去(某处): Our children attend the same school. 我们的孩子上同一所学校。 How many people attend church every Sunday? 每个星期天有多少人去教堂？ 3. [V] ~ (to sb / sth) (formal) to pay attention to what sb is saying or to what you are doing 注意；专心: She hadn't been attending during the lesson. 上课时她一直不专心。 4. [VN] (formal) to happen at the same time as sth 伴随发生: She dislikes the loss of privacy that attends TV celebrity. 她不喜欢成为电视名人后随之失去个人隐私。 5. [VN] (formal) to be with sb and help them 随同；陪同: The President was attended by several members of his staff. 总统有几名幕僚随从。 PHRASAL VERBS ▪ at'tend to sb / sth to deal with sb / sth; to take care of sb / sth 处理；对付；照料；关怀: I have some urgent business to attend to. 我有一些急事要处理。 A nurse attended to his needs constantly. 有一位护士经常照料他的需要。 (BrE, formal) Are you being attended to, Sir? (= for example, in a shop) 先生,有人招呼你吗？ Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English attend verb ADV. regularly to attend church regularly. VERB + ATTEND be able/unable to | be asked to, be invited to He was invited to attend a seminar in Paris. PHRASES well attended The event was well attended. OLT attend verb ⇨ attend (attend a conference)⇨ visit (attend church regularly) Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged at·tend \əˈtend also aˈ-\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English attenden, from Old French atendre, from Latin attendere to stretch, apply the mind to, from ad- + tendere to stretch — more at thin transitive verb 1. : to direct the attention to : fix the mind upon : give heed to :listen to < attend the warning of the soothsayer > < attend my words > 2. : to look after : take charge of : watch over the working of < the prisoners were attended by guards > 3. archaic a. : to wait for < three days I promised to attend my doom — John Dryden > b. : to be in store for < the state that attends all men after this — John Locke > 4. : to go or stay with as a companion, nurse, or servant : visit professionally as a physician : accompany in order to do service : escort : wait on < fawning ministers who attend the king > 5. obsolete : to follow up : conjoin , associate 6. : to be present with : accompany : be united or consequent to < the immense amount of work that has attended the creation of these lists — C.C.Fries & A.A.Traver > < what cares must then attend the toiling swain — John Dryden > 7. : to be present at : go to < attend a meeting > < attend college > intransitive verb 1. : to direct one's energies : apply oneself < attend to your work > < attend strictly to business > 2. : to apply the mind or pay attention with a view to perceiving, understanding, or complying : pay regard : heed , listen — usually followed by to < one is lucky to meet six or seven people who know how to attend; the rest have fidgety ears — J.M.Barzun > < attend to the voice of my supplications — Ps 86:6(Authorized Version) > 3. : to be present or near at hand in pursuance of duty < the good lord was dismissed, and has not attended in the drawing room since — Mary W. Montagu > : be ready for service : wait or be in waiting — often used with on or upon < ministers who attend upon the king > 4. obsolete : wait , stay , delay — often used with for5. : to direct one's care : see — used with to < producers should attend to the following important aspects of marketing — Farmer's Weekly (South Africa) > |
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