Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

attend

/əˈtɛnd/ verb

Forms attends attending attended attendest attendedst attendeth

  1. verb (transitive) To care for (someone requiring attention); specifically, of a doctor, nurse, etc.: to provide professional care to (someone).
  2. verb (transitive) To wait on (someone or their instructions) as an attendant, servant, etc.; also (specifically of a gentleman-in-waiting or lady-in-waiting to a member of royalty), to accompany (someone) in order to assist or wait upon them; to escort. “Servants attend the king day and night.”
  3. verb (transitive) To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings; also, to regularly go to (an event or place). “Children must attend primary school.”
  4. verb (transitive) To take action with respect to (someone, or something such as a concern, problem, or task); to deal with, to handle.
  5. verb (transitive) Of a (chiefly immaterial) thing: to be consequent to or present with (someone or something); to accompany. “a measure attended with ill effects”
  6. verb (transitive, archaic or obsolete) To look after (someone or something); to tend.
  7. verb (intransitive) Followed by to: to look after someone or something. “Valets attend to their employers’ wardrobes.”
  8. verb (intransitive) To be ready to wait upon someone or their instructions as an attendant, servant, etc.; also (followed by on or upon), to accompany someone in order to assist or wait upon them.

Synonyms

bestand serve aid attend to await bestead dance attendance do do for service stay tend wait wait on wait upon behear mark notice take heed clock go to take care look see assist hang advert pay heed give ear

Antonyms

miss

Etymology

From Middle English attenden, atenden (“to devote oneself (to a task, etc.); to pay attention to (something), to look after; to consider (something); to expect or look forward to (something); to intend to do (something); to help or serve (someone), attend upon; to take care of (something)”), from Old French atendre (“to await, wait for; to expect; to intend”), from Latin attendere, adtendere (“to pay attention to, attend; to direct or turn toward”), from ad- (“prefix meaning ‘to, towards’”) + tendō (“to direct one’s course; to extend, stretch; to exert, strive”). Doublet of attempt and tend.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard. [Obs.]
  2. verb To care for; to look after; to take charge of; to watch over.
  3. verb 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. Attend to the voice of my supplications. Ps. lxxxvi. 6.
  4. verb 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.

Etymology [OE. atenden, OF. atendre, F. attendre, to expect, to wait, fr. L. attendre to stretch, (sc. animum), to apply the mind to; ad + tendere to stretch. See Tend.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “attend”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “attend” (best matches first).

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