attend
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 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
- 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
- "Spiritual but not religious" means a person does not belong to or attend any organised religion.
- 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?
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «attend» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.