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- pronunciation:
tend
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
attends, attending, attended |
| definition 1: |
to be present at.
Did you attend the funeral?- antonyms:
- miss
- similar words:
- go to, see, visit, witness
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| definition 2: |
to take care of; tend.
Nurses attend sick people.- synonyms:
- care for, look after, mind, minister to, nurse, take care of, tend
- similar words:
- help, keep, supervise
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| definition 3: |
to go along with; accompany.
Several guards attended the king.- synonyms:
- accompany, assist
- similar words:
- herd, shepherd, usher
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| definition 4: |
to pay attention.
Please attend to what I am saying.- synonyms:
- listen
- similar words:
- concentrate, tend
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| related words: |
beware, deal, serve, tend, treat, wait on |
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| derivations: |
attendee (n.), attender (n.) |
The word attend
contains the following parts:
at-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
The prefix at-
occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of ad- used before roots beginning with "t," such as "tract" and "ten, tin, tain." See ad-.
Example words:
tend, tent, tens
Latin
root
that means stretch
Example words:
attend, attendance, attention, contend, extend, extent, intend, intent, intention, tendency, tendon, tense, tension, tent
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