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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Attend \At*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attended; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Attending.] [OE. atenden, OF. atendre, F. attendre, to
     expect, to wait, fr. L. attendre to stretch, (sc. animum), to
     apply the mind to; ad + tendere to stretch. See Tend.]
     1. To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give
        heed to; to regard. [Obs.]
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              The diligent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not
              attend the unskillful words of the passenger. --Sir
                                                    P. Sidney.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To care for; to look after; to take charge of; to watch
        over.
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     3. To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to
        visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or
        follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on; to
        serve.
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              The fifth had charge sick persons to attend.
                                                    --Spenser.
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              Attends the emperor in his royal court. --Shak.
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              With a sore heart and a gloomy brow, he prepared to
              attend William thither.               --Macaulay.
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     4. To be present with; to accompany; to be united or
        consequent to; as, a measure attended with ill effects.
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              What cares must then attend the toiling swain.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     5. To be present at; as, to attend church, school, a concert,
        a business meeting.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store
        for. [Obs.]
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              The state that attends all men after this. --Locke.
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              Three days I promised to attend my doom. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To Attend, Mind, Regard, Heed, Notice.
  
     Usage: Attend is generic, the rest are specific terms. To
            mind is to attend so that it may not be forgotten; to
            regard is to look on a thing as of importance; to heed
            is to attend to a thing from a principle of caution;
            to notice is to think on that which strikes the
            senses. --Crabb. See Accompany.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Attend \At*tend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attended; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Attending.] [OE. atenden, OF. atendre, F. attendre, to
     expect, to wait, fr. L. attendre to stretch, (sc. animum), to
     apply the mind to; ad + tendere to stretch. See Tend.]
     1. To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give
        heed to; to regard. [Obs.]
  
              The diligent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not
              attend the unskillful words of the passenger. --Sir
                                                    P. Sidney.
  
     2. To care for; to look after; to take charge of; to watch
        over.
  
     3. To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to
        visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or
        follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on; to
        serve.
  
              The fifth had charge sick persons to attend.
                                                    --Spenser.
  
              Attends the emperor in his royal court. --Shak.
  
              With a sore heart and a gloomy brow, he prepared to
              attend William thither.               --Macaulay.
  
     4. To be present with; to accompany; to be united or
        consequent to; as, a measure attended with ill effects.
  
              What cares must then attend the toiling swain.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
     5. To be present at; as, to attend church, school, a concert,
        a business meeting.
  
     6. To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store
        for. [Obs.]
  
              The state that attends all men after this. --Locke.
  
              Three days I promised to attend my doom. --Dryden.
  
     Syn: To Attend, Mind, Regard, Heed, Notice.
  
     Usage: Attend is generic, the rest are specific terms. To
            mind is to attend so that it may not be forgotten; to
            regard is to look on a thing as of importance; to heed
            is to attend to a thing from a principle of caution;
            to notice is to think on that which strikes the
            senses. --Crabb. See Accompany.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  attending
       adj 1: being present at meeting or event [syn: in attendance(p)]
       2: serving attendance on someone; "a ministering angel"; "the
          angels ministrant sang"; "the attending physician" [syn: ministering,
           ministrant]
       n 1: the process whereby a person concentrates on some features
            of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
            [syn: attention] [ant: inattention]
       2: the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.) [syn:
          attendance] [ant: nonattendance]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  attending
     a.
     1 That (l en attend) or attends; that is or are in (l en attendance);
  (l en attendant).
     2 Serving on the staff of a teaching hospital as a doctor.
     n.
     (lb en North America) A physician on the staff of a hospital,
  especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care.
     vb.
     (present participle of en attend nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  attending
     a.
     1 That (l en attend) or attends; that is or are in (l en attendance);
  (l en attendant).
     2 Serving on the staff of a teaching hospital as a doctor.
     n.
     (lb en North America) A physician on the staff of a hospital,
  especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care.
     vb.
     (present participle of en attend nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  attending
     a.
     1 That (l en attend) or attends; that is or are in (l en attendance);
  (l en attendant).
     2 Serving on the staff of a teaching hospital as a doctor.
     n.
     (lb en North America) A physician on the staff of a hospital,
  especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care.
     vb.
     (present participle of en attend nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  attending
     a.
     1 That (l en attend) or attends; that is or are in (l en attendance);
  (l en attendant).
     2 Serving on the staff of a teaching hospital as a doctor.
     n.
     (lb en North America) A physician on the staff of a hospital,
  especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care.
     vb.
     (present participle of en attend nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  attending
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm a ttend ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  attending
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en attend ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb attend)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Attending /ɐtˈɛndɪŋ/
  الحضور

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  attending /ɐtˈɛndɪŋ/ 
  docházení