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[əˈtɛnd], (Verb)
Definitions:
- be present at (an event, meeting, or function)
(e.g: the whole sales force attended the conference)
- deal with
(e.g: he muttered that he had business to attend to)
- escort and wait on (a member of royalty or other important person)
(e.g: Her Royal Highness was attended by Mrs Jane Stevens)
- occur with or as a result of
(e.g: people feared that the switch to a peacetime economy would be attended by a severe slump)
Phrases:
Origin
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Middle English (in the sense ‘apply one's mind or energies to’): from Old French atendre, from Latin attendere, from ad- ‘to’ + tendere ‘stretch’
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