attend

Universal Words verb 1 to be present at an event: [VN] The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. * to attend a wedding / funeral * [V] We'd like as many people as possible to attend. -< HELP 2 [VN] to go regularly to a place: Our children attend the same school. * How many people attend church every Sunday? 3 [V] ~ (to sb/sth) (formal) to pay attention to what sb is saying or to what you are doing: She hadn't been attending during the lesson. 4 [VN] (formal) to happen at the same time as sth: She dislikes the loss of privacy that attends TV celebrity. 5 [VN] (formal) to be with sb and help them: The President was attended by several members of his staff. PHRASALVERBS attend to sb/sth to deal with sb/sth; to take care of sb/sth: I have some urgent business to attend to. * A nurse attended to his needs constantly. * (BrE, formal) Are you being attended to, Sir? (= for example, in a shop).