Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

at|tempt|ed /əte mpt I d/ ADJ [ADJ n] An attempted crime or unlawful action is an unsuccessful effort to commit the crime or action. □  …a case of attempted murder.

at|tend ◆◆◇ /əte nd/ (attends , attending , attended )

1 VERB If you attend a meeting or other event, you are present at it. □ [be V -ed + by ] The meeting will be attended by finance ministers from many countries. □ [V ] We want the maximum number of people to attend to help us cover our costs.

2 VERB If you attend an institution such as a school, college, or church, you go there regularly. □ [V n] They attended college together at the University of Pennsylvania. [Also V ]

3 VERB If you attend to something, you deal with it. If you attend to someone who is hurt or injured, you care for them. □ [V + to ] The staff will helpfully attend to your needs. □ [V + to ] The main thing is to attend to the injured. COLLOCATIONS attend VERB

1

attend+ noun : ceremony, event, function, party, reception, service; conference, hearing, meeting, session; class, course, seminar, workshop; funeral, wedding

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attend+ noun : college, school, university; church

at|tend|ance /əte ndəns/ (attendances )

1 N‑UNCOUNT Someone's attendance at an event or an institution is the fact that they are present at the event or go regularly to the institution. □ [+ at ] Her attendance at school was sporadic.

2 N‑VAR The attendance at an event is the number of people who are present at it. □  Average weekly cinema attendance in February was 2.41 million. □  This year attendances were 28% lower than forecast.

3 PHRASE If someone is in attendance at a place or an event, they are there.

at|tend|ant /əte ndənt/ (attendants )

1 N‑COUNT [usu n N ] An attendant is someone whose job is to serve or help people in a place such as a car park or a cloakroom. □  Tony Williams was working as a car-park attendant in Los Angeles.

2 ADJ [ADJ n] You use attendant to describe something that results from a thing already mentioned or that is connected with it. □  Mr Branson's victory, and all the attendant publicity, were well deserved. □ [+ on/upon ] …the risks attendant on the exploration of the unknown.

at|tend|ee /əte ndiː / (attendees ) N‑COUNT The attendees at something such as a meeting or a conference are the people who are attending it. [mainly AM ]

at|tend|er /əte ndə ^r / (attenders ) N‑COUNT [usu adj N ] The attenders at a particular place or event are the people who go there. □ [+ at ] He was a regular attender at the opera. [Also + in ]

at|ten|tion ◆◆◇ /əte nʃ ^ə n/ (attentions )

1 N‑UNCOUNT [usu with poss] If you give someone or something your attention , you look at it, listen to it, or think about it carefully. □  You have my undivided attention. □  Later he turned his attention to the desperate state of housing in the province. □  …young children with short attention spans.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Attention is great interest that is shown in someone or something, particularly by the general public. □  The property has already attracted considerable attention from overseas buyers. □  The conference may help to focus attention on the economy.

3 N‑UNCOUNT If someone or something is getting attention , they are being dealt with or cared for. □  Each year more than two million household injuries need medical attention.

4 N‑PLURAL You can refer to someone's efforts to help you, or the interest they show in you, as their attentions , especially if you dislike or disapprove of them. □ [+ of ] The only way to escape the unwanted attentions of the local men was not to go out.