Meaning of attend In English

• 0 to go to an event, place, etc.:

  • Over two hundred people attended the funeral.

  • The meeting is on the fifth and we're hoping everyone will attend.

  • Which school do your children attend?

  • I attended the classes/seminars/lectures for a month or two.

• 1 to give attention to what someone is saying:

  • I'm afraid I wasn't attending to what was being said.

• 2 to provide a service to someone, especially as part of your job:

  • The queen was attended by her ladies-in-waiting.

• 3 to happen as a result of, and at the same time as:

  • the publicity that attends a career in television

• 4 to be at an event or go to a place:

  • [ T ] She attends classes on Tuesdays.

  • [ I ] You don’t have to attend if you don’t want to.

• 5 to go to a place or an event:

  • According to recent research, the busy British professional attends nearly 60 meetings a month.

  • a summit attended by prominent world leaders

  • It was an important meeting and the whole department was expected to attend.