Helen Fenton

Attend: Definition and part of speech

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Attend

  1. v. i. To wait; to stay; to delay.
  2. v. t. To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard.
  3. v. t. To care for; to look after; to take charge of; to watch over.
  4. v. t. 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.
  5. v. t. To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to; as, a measure attended with ill effects.
  6. v. t. To be present at; as, to attend church, school, a concert, a business meeting.
  7. v. t. To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for.
  8. v. i. To apply the mind, or pay attention, with a view to perceive, understand, or comply; to pay regard; to heed; to listen; — usually followed by to.
  9. v. i. To accompany or be present or near at hand, in pursuance of duty; to be ready for service; to wait or be in waiting; — often followed by on or upon.
  10. v. i. (with to) To take charge of; to look after; as, to attend to a matter of business.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Attendance: Definition and part of speech

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Attendance

  1. v. t. The persons attending; a retinue; attendants.
  2. v. t. Attention; regard; careful application.
  3. v. t. The act of attending; state of being in waiting; service; ministry; the fact of being present; presence.
  4. v. t. Waiting for; expectation.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Attendant: Definition and part of speech

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Attendant

  1. n. One who owes duty or service to, or depends on, another.
  2. v. t. Being present, or in the train; accompanying; in waiting.
  3. v. t. Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; consequent; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils.
  4. v. t. Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir.
  5. n. One who attends or accompanies in any character whatever, as a friend, companion, servant, agent, or suitor.
  6. n. One who is present and takes part in the proceedings; as, an attendant at a meeting.
  7. n. That which accompanies; a concomitant.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.