attend

«attend» in Mova's judaism dictionary: to go to it and be there, such as school, a meeting or a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (attend, attends, attended, attending); phrasal: attend to

meaning for a pupil

1) To attend something is to go to it and be there, such as school, a meeting or a party. tree →

2) To attend to something or someone is to deal with it or look after it. tree →

3) To attend can also mean to pay attention. tree →

4) To attend can also mean to come along with something, as bad luck may attend a plan. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In these texts it often means to listen carefully, especially to God's words or a prayer. Interpretation: Tradition teaches that people should listen closely to God's teaching and that God listens to prayer. Parents and teachers also ask a child to "attend" to wisdom. In the primary lessons: In school, pupils attend lessons, assemblies and clubs, and teachers keep an attendance register. In everyday life people attend weddings, concerts and appointments. Doctors and nurses attend to patients. Phrases: «attend school», «attend a meeting», «attend to a wound».

examples

• Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. (Writings PSA.61.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. (Writings PRO.4.20, JPS 1917) tree →
• My son, attend unto my wisdom; incline thine ear to my understanding; (Writings PRO.5.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• All children must attend school. tree →
• Over a hundred people attended the concert. tree →
• The nurse attended to my cut knee. tree →
• I attend swimming club on Saturdays. tree →
• Please attend to your work and stop chatting. tree →
• Which school do you attend? tree →
• Good luck never attends fishing on a Sunday.’ tree →

note

Regular verb: attended, attending. «Attend school» needs no «to» (not «attend to school»). «Attend to» means take care of. Nouns: attendance (being present), attendant (a helper, like a flight attendant), attention. In maths problems attendance means how many were there.

In the corpora

• Give ye ear, and hear my voice; attend, and hear my speech.
• And the eyes of them that see shall not be closed, and the ears of them that hear shall attend.
• Who hath raised up one from the east, at whose steps victory attendeth?
• Who hath attended to His word, and heard it?
• But they refused to attend, and turned a stubborn shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «attend» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.