attend

Go to an event or place, either once or regularly.

• I attend school every day.
• She attended the meeting yesterday.
• Will you attend the wedding?

Similar words: go to, be present at

Opposites: miss

Common phrases: attend school, attend a meeting, attend a wedding

Pay attention to something or deal with something that needs your care.

• Please attend to the customer.
• I attended to the urgent emails first.
• She always attends to every detail.

How to use it: attend to someone/something (The nurse attended to the patient’s needs.)

Similar words: deal with, pay attention to

Opposites: ignore, neglect

Common phrases: attend to something, attend to someone

Be with someone to serve them or look after their needs.

• Two servants attended the queen.
• A nurse attended him throughout the night.
• The king was attended by several guards.

How to use it: attend upon someone (A servant attended upon the prince.)

Similar words: serve, wait on, care for

Common phrases: attend someone, attend upon someone, attend the king

Happen or exist together with something, often as its result.

• Great risks attend this decision.
• Unexpected difficulties attended their journey.
• Her success was attended by growing public interest.

How to use it: be attended by something (The discovery was attended by considerable excitement.); be attended with something (The plan was attended with serious risks.)

Similar words: accompany

Common phrases: attend something, attend success