Meaning of "attend" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ATTEND

From Old French atendre, from Latin attendere to stretch towards, from tendere to extend.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ATTEND

attend  [əˈtɛnd]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ATTEND

Attend is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb attend in English.

WHAT DOES ATTEND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Attention

Attention is the behavioral and cognitive process of selectively concentrating on one aspect of the environment while ignoring other things. Attention has also been referred to as the allocation of processing resources. Attention is one of the most intensely studied topics within psychology, cognitive neuroscience and neuropsychology. Attention remains a major area of investigation within education, psychology, neuroscience and neuropsychology. Areas of active investigation involve determining the source of the signals that generate attention, the effects of these signals on the tuning properties of sensory neurons, and the relationship between attention and other behavioral and cognitive processes like working memory and vigilance. A relatively new body of research, which expands upon earlier research within neuropsychology, is investigating the diagnostic symptoms associated with traumatic brain injuries and their effects on attention. Attention also has variational differences among differing cultures. The relationships between attention and consciousness are complex enough that they have warranted perennial philosophical exploration.

Definition of attend in the English dictionary

The first definition of attend in the dictionary is to be present at. Other definition of attend is when intr, foll by to to give care; minister. Attend is also when intr, foll by to to pay attention; listen.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ATTEND

PRESENT

Present

I attend

you attend

he/she/it attends

we attend

you attend

they attend

Present continuous

I am attending

you are attending

he/she/it is attending

we are attending

you are attending

they are attending

Present perfect

I have attended

you have attended

he/she/it has attended

we have attended

you have attended

they have attended

Present perfect continuous

I have been attending

you have been attending

he/she/it has been attending

we have been attending

you have been attending

they have been attending

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I attended

you attended

he/she/it attended

we attended

you attended

they attended

Past continuous

I was attending

you were attending

he/she/it was attending

we were attending

you were attending

they were attending

Past perfect

I had attended

you had attended

he/she/it had attended

we had attended

you had attended

they had attended

Past perfect continuous

I had been attending

you had been attending

he/she/it had been attending

we had been attending

you had been attending

they had been attending

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will attend

you will attend

he/she/it will attend

we will attend

you will attend

they will attend

Future continuous

I will be attending

you will be attending

he/she/it will be attending

we will be attending

you will be attending

they will be attending

Future perfect

I will have attended

you will have attended

he/she/it will have attended

we will have attended

you will have attended

they will have attended

Future perfect continuous

I will have been attending

you will have been attending

he/she/it will have been attending

we will have been attending

you will have been attending

they will have been attending

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would attend

you would attend

he/she/it would attend

we would attend

you would attend

they would attend

Conditional continuous

I would be attending

you would be attending

he/she/it would be attending

we would be attending

you would be attending

they would be attending

Conditional perfect

I would have attend

you would have attend

he/she/it would have attend

we would have attend

you would have attend

they would have attend

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been attending

you would have been attending

he/she/it would have been attending

we would have been attending

you would have been attending

they would have been attending

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you attend
we let´s attend
you attend

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to attend

Past participle

attended

Present Participle

attending

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «ATTEND»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «attend» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of attend

accompany · chaperon · companion · conduct · convoy · escort · follow · frequent · go to · guard · haunt · hear · hearken · heed · listen · look on · mark · mind · note · notice · observe · patronize · regard · serve · shadow · shepherd · squire · take to heart · usher · visit · watch

TRANSLATION OF ATTEND

Find out the translation of attend to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of attend from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «attend» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 出席
• Translator English - Spanish: asistir
• English: attend
• Translator English - Hindi: भाग लेने
• Translator English - Arabic: يَحْضُرُ
• Translator English - Russian: посещать
• Translator English - Portuguese: comparecer
• Translator English - Bengali: অ্যাটেনব্রো
• Translator English - French: assister
• Translator English - Malay: Attenborough
• Translator English - German: beiwohnen
• Translator English - Japanese: 出席する
• Translator English - Korean: 출석하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Attenborough
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tham dự
• Translator English - Tamil: அட்டன்போர்க்
• Translator English - Marathi: ऍटनबरो
• Translator English - Turkish: Attenborough
• Translator English - Italian: partecipare
• Translator English - Polish: uczestniczyć w (czymś)
• Translator English - Ukrainian: відвідувати
• Translator English - Romanian: a participa
• Translator English - Greek: παρευρίσκομαι
• Translator English - Afrikaans: woon
• Translator English - Swedish: närvara
• Translator English - Norwegian: delta

10 QUOTES WITH «ATTEND»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word attend.

1

Grace Abbott

The first and continuing argument for the curtailment of working hours and the raising of the minimum age was that education was necessary in a democracy and working children could not attend school.

2

Roger Ailes

Obama's the one who never worked a day in his life. He never earned a penny that wasn't public money. How many fund-raisers does he attend every week? How often does he play basketball and golf? I wish I had that kind of time.

3

Charles Bass

These children should be enrolled in Independent Living programs designed by state and local governments to prepare them to enter the workplace, or attend college, and successfully manage their lives.

4

Gina Bellman

I took part in two 'Leverage' conventions. Fans fly in from as far as Russia and Australia. It's expensive to attend.

5

Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

Researchers consistently find that most older volunteers, when compared to older nonvolunteers, have fewer functional and physical impairments, overall better health, higher life satisfaction and less depression. In addition, they attend religious services more frequently and belong to more social organizations.

6

Magnus Carlsen

I was lucky enough to attend schools where they were understanding about when I needed to go abroad to play chess. Of course, socially it is important to go to school and interact with people your own age.

7

Michael N. Castle

Working together we can strengthen Delaware State University and the students who attend it.

8

Patricia Cornwell

I find it difficult to attend autopsies. Especially the smells.

9

Rafael Correa

After some reflection I have decided that while I am the president of Ecuador, I will not attend any Summit of the Americas until it begins to make the decisions required.

10

Angela Davis

The campaign against the death penalty has been - while a powerful campaign, its participants have been those who attend all of the vigils, a relatively small number of people.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ATTEND»

Discover the use of attend in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to attend and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Deep and Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to ...

Author and pastor Andy Stanley draws from Scripture and over 25 years of pastoral experience to communicate to church leaders how they can create a church where believers can have a growing faith in Jesus and at the same time unbelievers ...

Andy Stanley, 2012

Will Not Attend: Lively Stories of Detachment and Isolation

Adam Resnick, an Emmy Award-winning writer for NBC’s Late Night with David Letterman, has spent his entire life trying to avoid interaction with people.

Adam Resnick, 2014

Deciding to Attend Law School: Weighing the Pros & Cons of a JD

In Deciding to Attend Law School: Weighing the Pros & Cons of a JD, Eric Owens and the experts at the Princeton Review lay out key information to give you a thorough understanding of the issues you may need to consider before applying to ...

Princeton Review, 2012

A defence of the Methodists who do not attend the national ...

I. generality do, who are in that communion, without God and without hope in the world, that is, in open rebellion, in drunkenness, in prophanity, and in the sinful pleasures of the age. In short, they \vere in the Jlesh and could not please God.

Thomas Taylor, 1814

Assimilative Memory, Or How to Attend and Never Forget

And more This 1896 guide to remembering anything and everything is as practical and useful today as it was a century ago. "PROF. A. LOISETTE" was the pseudonym of memory-expert Marcus Dwight Larrowe.

Prof A. Loisette, 2005

Discovery Problems and Their Solutions

WHO MAY ATTEND A DEPOSITION? Three inmates in a federal prison brought a civil rights action against four prison guards alleging deprivation of the inmates' First Amendment right to practice their religion. The suit alleged that (i) the ...

Paul W. Grimm, Charles S. Fax, Paul Mark Sandler, 2009

Let Us Attend: A Journey Through the Orthodox Divine Liturgy

In better understanding the depth of the Liturgy's meaning and purpose, we can pray it properly. If you would like a deeper understanding of your Sunday morning experience so that you can draw closer to God, then this book is for you.

Lawrence Farley, 2007

Guide to the French language

ATTEND re IMPERATIVE. Wait. ATTEND S, Stllg. ATTEND tt, pillr. Let vs wait. attend ons. INDICATIVE. ▻g / wait, or am g J' 8 Thou waitest, art ~. Tu § He waits, or is g You 9 They wait, are waiting. ATTEND Sk. ATTEND S. // ATTEND20.

J. J. P. Le Brethon, L. Sandier, 1847

Soul Searching : The Religious and Spiritual Lives of ...

Nearly 70 percent of all teens attend a religious congregation that also sponsors a youth group; fully 85 percent of teens who attend religious services belong to congregations with youth groups. The vast majority of religious congregations with ...

Christian Smith Dr William R Kenan Jr Professor of Sociology University of Notre Dame, Candidate University of North Carolina Melina Lundquist Denton Ph.D, Chapel Hill USA, 2005

The Transformations of Godot

This feeling is partly lost at one point in the English version where the refrain "on attend Godot" is rendered "we're waiting for Godot." In the original an impersonal sort of expectation is thrust upon actor and audience alike; both feel drawn into ...

Frederick Busi

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ATTEND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term attend is used in the context of the following news items.

5000 attend SG50 concert to celebrate Harmony in Diversity

Organised by New Creation Church and Taoist Federation (Singapore), the event is Singapore's first multi-racial and multi-religious concert of ... «Channel News Asia, Jul 15»

US students might soon be able to use federal aid to attend coding …

As college gets more expensive and wages for computer programmers skyrocket, more people are turning to intense coding bootcamps and ... «Quartz, Jul 15»

PM Narendra Modi leaves on six-nation visit, to attend BRICS, SCO …

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today left on an eight-day visit to five Central Asian countries as also Russia, aiming to enhance ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»

Royal couple attend christening

William's brother Prince Harry couldn't attend as he is travelling. The family of four were photographed arriving at the church together. William ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»

Baseball superfan seeks to attend most games in season

Chuck Booth at a Giants game in June at AT&T Park. Booth, a resident of Vancouver, B.C., is trying to attend a record 217 Major League ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Jul 15»

Robin Williams' co-stars to attend film retrospective event

Actor Paul Dooley will attend a showing of 1980 musical comedy Popeye, while 100-year-old Norman Lloyd, who starred opposite Williams in ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»

Decatur residents encouraged to attend CICBC blood drive

DECATUR - Central Illinois Community Blood Center officials are encouraging Decatur residents to attend a blood drive scheduled to be held ... «WAND, Jul 15»

Summer schools go national; 7000 will attend

Summer schools are going national this year and 7,000 pupils at risk of retaking a year will attend. It is the third year summer schools have ... «DutchNews.nl, Jul 15»

Dozens attend funeral for former TV presenter Michelle Watt

Dozens attend funeral for former TV presenter Michelle Watt. Peter Swindon. Group Investigations Writer. Monday 6 July 2015. A funeral service was held today ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»

NYPD bigwigs attend Hamptons holiday party

The safest place on July Fourth weekend may have been the Southampton home of Lally Weymouth — who hosted an elegant seated dinner ... «Page Six, Jul 15»