Synonyms for attend
əˈtɛndat·tend

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1. attend

   Anything that comes after or goes after another, either in space or in time, is said to follow it. A servant follows or attends his master; a victorious general may follow the retiring enemy merely to watch and hold him in check; he chases or pursues with intent to overtake and attack; the chase is closer and hotter than the pursuit. (Compare synonyms for HUNT.) One event may follow another either with or without special connection; if it ensues, there is some orderly connection; as, the ensuing year; if it results from another, there is some relation of effect, consequence, or inference. A clerk observes his employer's directions. A child obeys his parent's commands, follows or copies his example, imitates his speech and manners. The compositor follows copy; the incoming succeeds the outgoing official.

   Synonyms:
   accompany, chase, come after, copy, ensue, follow, go after, heed, imitate, obey, observe, practise, pursue, result, succeed

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1. attend

   Synonyms:
   listen, heed, notice, observe, wait on, serve, mind, watch, accompany, consort, follow, imply, involve

   Antonyms:
   wander, disregard, leave, forsake, abandon, desert, exclude, neutralize

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1. attend, go toverb

   be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.

   "She attends class regularly"; "I rarely attend services at my church"; "did you go to the meeting?"

   Synonyms:
   see, attend to, look, advert, serve, assist, take care, go to, wait on, give ear, pay heed, hang

   Antonyms:
   miss

2. attend, take care, look, seeverb

   take charge of or deal with

   "Could you see about lunch?"; "I must attend to this matter"; "She took care of this business"

   Synonyms:
   date, experience, bet, figure, seem, go out, give ear, hear, look, attend to, reckon, examine, go through, mind, witness, find, view, go steady, take in, get word, consider, pay heed, meet, expect, visualize, check, construe, encounter, determine, see, find out, see to it, project, picture, front, search, depend, catch, regard, calculate, realise, control, go to, escort, assure, envision, watch, await, run into, count, run across, come across, get a line, visualise, image, face, get wind, ensure, pick up, understand, hang, serve, ascertain, advert, wait, appear, interpret, learn, realize, assist, visit, fancy, discover, insure, wait on, take care

   Antonyms:
   miss

3. attendverb

   to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result

   "Menuhin's playing was attended by a 15-minute standing ovation"

   Synonyms:
   see, attend to, look, advert, serve, assist, take care, go to, wait on, give ear, pay heed, hang

   Antonyms:
   miss

4. serve, attend to, wait on, attend, assistverb

   work for or be a servant to

   "May I serve you?"; "She attends the old lady in the wheelchair"; "Can you wait on our table, please?"; "Is a salesperson assisting you?"; "The minister served the King for many years"

   Synonyms:
   serve, process, aid, help, dish up, pay heed, answer, go to, dish out, function, look, attend to, take to heart, suffice, service, take care, advert, assist, serve up, give ear, wait on, serve well, swear out, dish, do, see, hang

   Antonyms:
   miss

5. attend, hang, advert, pay heed, give earverb

   give heed (to)

   "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said"

   Synonyms:
   serve, wait on, touch, bring up, mention, flow, name, string up, advert, look, attend to, cling, allude, take care, assist, refer, hang up, give ear, cite, fall, pay heed, go to, see, hang

   Antonyms:
   miss

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1. • Accompany

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1. attendverb

   Synonyms:
   accompany, escort, follow, go with, go along with, keep company with

2. attendverb

   Synonyms:
   guard, watch, have in keeping

3. attendverb

   Synonyms:
   serve, lackey, minister to, wait on, dance attendance on

4. attendverb

   Synonyms:
   be present at

5. attendverb

   Synonyms:
   await, be in store for, be ready for

6. attendverb

   Synonyms:
   listen, hearken, hear, give ear, pay attention

7. attendverb

   Synonyms:
   tend, serve, wait, be attendant

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1. attendverb

   Synonyms:
   guard, look after, accompany, escort, pay regard, heed, listen

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1. List of paraphrases for "attend":

   attending, participate, assist, attended, attends, assisting, attendance, present, follow, witness

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How to use attend in a sentence?

1. Don Lemon:

   Real patriotism is understanding what the Constitution means for all Americans and abiding by the Constitution, not doing some false presentation that you pretend to be a patriot while other people are around you, going to the concession stands, getting beer or fights in the stands or talking to each other with their baseball caps on. That is not real patriotism. Real patriotism is understanding that all of us are created equal and we have the choice to stand, kneel or sit or even attend a football game if we choose to.

2. Principal Dionne Kirksey:

   You really can't tell that it's a hidden gem, we not only support our kids in the building and their educational level, but we support them outside the building in their endeavors. And we still attend their graduations. We send them off to college and actually decorate their dorm rooms. We go to their baby's birthday parties. It's just a plethora of things that we do just to engage, to have that sense of family.

3. Hifza Bibi:

   Our brother ... went to Saudi and since then he doesn't care about anyone here, a man who didn't come to attend his own mother's funeral, what can you expect from him?

4. Philipbert Brown:

   But it would be disappointing if we do not attend the Olympics, our people have been training for four years, and you come to say that you would not sponsor them?

5. Whoopi Goldberg:

   Boycotts – to me – are a pain in the butt, if you want to [ boycott ]... don't go see the movie. ... If we're not here, then we're really not here. Also on the red carpet, actress Kerry Washington, who stunned in a white and black leather dress, told Robin Roberts why she chose to attend Academy Awards.