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attendattend /əˈtɛnd/ ●●○ S3 W2 verb ETYMOLOGYattendOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French atendre, from Latin attendere, from ad- to + tendere to stretch VERB TABLEattend |
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 |
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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 |
THESAURUS to take the necessary action, especially in order to solve a problem► THESAURUS to take the necessary action, especially in order to solve a problem: Who’s dealing with the Sony account? Teachers will always have difficult students to deal with. ► handle to deal with someone or something effectively: He’s finding it hard to handle the pressure at work. ► tackle to try to deal with a difficult problem: There are still a number of problems that we need to tackle. ► cope with something to succeed in dealing with a difficult problem or situation: Exercise can help people cope with stress. ► take care of something to do the work or make the arrangements that are necessary for something to happen: I’ll take care of making the reservations. ► attend to somebody/something formal to give attention to someone or something in order to deal with him, her, or it: Excuse me. I have some business to attend to. 1[intransitive, transitive] to go to an event such as a meeting or a class: More than 1,000 people attended the conference. Potential buyers were invited to attend.2[intransitive, transitive] to go regularly to a school, church, etc.: The law says you must attend school till you are 16.3[transitive] if a doctor or nurse attends someone, he or she takes care of that person during an illness, especially in a hospital: Dr. Breyer is the doctor who attended her.4[transitive] formal to happen or exist at the same time as something: Uncertainty attends the future of the industry. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French atendre, from Latin attendere, from ad- to + tendere to stretch]attend to phrasal verb1attend to something to deal with business or personal matters: I have a few other things to attend to first.► see thesaurus at deal22attend to somebody to take care of someone, especially because he or she is sick: A nurse went to attend to the baby.3attend to somebody to help a customer in a store or a restaurant to buy or order something4attend to something to pay attention to something, especially when you are listening to it: I turned on the radio without really attending to it. |