attend

assister à, fréquenter

Aller à un événement ou dans un lieu, une seule fois ou régulièrement.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : go to, be present at

Contraires : miss

Expressions courantes : attend school, attend a meeting, attend a wedding

s’occuper de, prêter attention à

Faire attention à quelque chose ou s’occuper d’une affaire qui demande des soins.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : attend to someone/something (The nurse attended to the patient’s needs.)

Synonymes : deal with, pay attention to

Contraires : ignore, neglect

Expressions courantes : attend to something, attend to someone

servir, soigner

Rester auprès de quelqu’un pour le servir ou répondre à ses besoins.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : attend upon someone (A servant attended upon the prince.)

Synonymes : serve, wait on, care for

Expressions courantes : attend someone, attend upon someone, attend the king

accompagner

Se produire ou exister en même temps que quelque chose, souvent comme conséquence.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : be attended by something (The discovery was attended by considerable excitement.); be attended with something (The plan was attended with serious risks.)

Synonymes : accompany

Expressions courantes : attend something, attend success