attend

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 2 French 2.1 Verb 2.2 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French atendre < Latin attendere (“‘to stretch toward, give heed to’”) < ad (“‘to’”) + tendere (“‘to stretch’”); see tend and cf. attempt.

[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛnd

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to attend (third-person singular simple present attends, present participle attending, simple past and past participle attended)

1. (transitive) To be at an event.

   Failing to attend the meeting nearly cost her her job.

2. (intransitive, construed with to) To pay attention to; to commit oneself to; to give thought and care to.

[edit] Related terms

• attention

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[edit] Verb

attend

1. Third-person singular present indicative of attendre.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of adentt
• datent