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{
"term": "attend",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "attend",
"heSheIt": "attends"
},
"pastSimple": "attended",
"pastParticiple": "attended",
"ingForm": "attending"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to be present at an event",
"sensetop": "attend something",
"labels": "(rather formal)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "We'd like as many people as possible to attend."
},
{
"text": "The **meeting was attended** by 90% of shareholders.",
"contextForm": "attend something"
},
{
"text": "to attend a wedding/funeral/service/ceremony"
},
{
"text": "Everyone is **welcome to attend** the free event."
},
{
"text": "All members are **requested to attend** this meeting."
},
{
"text": "5,000 people from around the world were **invited to attend** the conference."
},
{
"text": "He was invited to attend a seminar in Paris."
},
{
"text": "Her lectures were generally rather sparsely attended."
},
{
"text": "The event was well attended."
},
{
"text": "Over 600 people attended the conference."
},
{
"text": "She flew home to attend her father's funeral."
},
{
"text": "Several members were unable to attend."
},
{
"text": "The Senator was invited to attend, but he declined."
}
],
"topics": ["Working life"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["regularly"],
"verb + attend": ["be able to", "be unable to", "be asked to"],
"phrases": ["sparsely attended", "well attended"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to go regularly to a place",
"sensetop": "attend something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Our children **attend** the same **school**."
},
{
"text": "Students are expected to **attend class** regularly."
},
{
"text": "How many people attend church every Sunday?"
},
{
"text": "Your dentist will ask you to attend for regular check-ups."
},
{
"text": "The child was failing to attend regularly at the school."
},
{
"text": "The patients all attend the clinic monthly."
},
{
"text": "She attended the college one day a week."
},
{
"text": "He regularly attends the local mosque."
}
],
"topics": ["Education"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["regularly"],
"verb + attend": ["be able to", "be unable to", "be asked to"],
"phrases": ["sparsely attended", "well attended"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to pay attention to what somebody is saying or to what you are doing",
"sensetop": "attend (to somebody/something)",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She hadn't been attending during the lesson."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to happen at the same time as something",
"sensetop": "attend something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She dislikes the loss of privacy that attends TV celebrity."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to be with somebody and help them",
"sensetop": "attend somebody",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The president was attended by several members of his staff."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈtend/",
"audio": "at/attend/attend__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈtendz/",
"audio": "at/attend/attends__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈtendɪd/",
"audio": "at/attend/attended__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈtendɪŋ/",
"audio": "at/attend/attending__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈtend/",
"audio": "at/attend/attend__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈtendz/",
"audio": "at/attend/attends__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈtendɪd/",
"audio": "at/attend/attended__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/əˈtendɪŋ/",
"audio": "at/attend/attending__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘apply one's mind or energies to’): from Old French atendre, from Latin attendere, from ad- ‘to’ + tendere ‘stretch’."
}