attended
/əˈtɛndɪd/
attended is the simple past and past participle of attend.
Adjective
attended (comparative more attended, superlative most attended)
- Having a person or people present; with someone in attendance.
- A person using a coin-box gets just the same, if not more rapid service, than at an attended station because he calls central direct, instead of communicating his wishes first to the attendant and awaiting the result of her effort.1918, Canadian Transport Commission. Transport Committee, Judgements, Orders, Regulations and Rulings - Volume 8, page 181
- Our question is whether the August meeting will constitute the "date of election" and will count as an attended meeting within the meaning of the above Article.1964, Claude W. Brown, “Letters”, in Official Record of the International Union of Operating Engineers, page 10
- Being the focus of attention; receiving attention.
- An object in an attended spot is encoded by the winner neuron in the recognition map layer.2004, Nikil R. Pal, Neural information processing, page 394
- Another important issue in the study of attention is how an attended stimulus is processed differently from an unattended stimulus, that is, the effects of attention.2004, Alice Cronin-Golomb, Patrick R. Hof, Vision in Alzheimer's Disease, page 251
Meaning of attend
Verb
attend (third-person singular simple present attends, present participle attending, simple past and past participle attended)
- To care for (someone requiring attention); specifically, of a doctor, nurse, etc.: to provide professional care to (someone).
- The fift [beadsman] had charge ſick perſons to attend, / And comfort thoſe, in point of death vvhich lay; […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 41, page 146
- 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.
- 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.
- To take action with respect to (someone, or something such as a concern, problem, or task); to deal with, to handle.
- Of a (chiefly immaterial) thing: to be consequent to or present with (someone or something); to accompany.
- a measure attended with ill effects
- To look after (someone or something); to tend.
- They [plate and jewels] are in a Trunke / Attended by my men: I vvill make bold / To ſend them to you, onely for this night: […]1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
Forms of attended
| comparative | more attended |
|---|---|
| superlative | most attended |
Words formed from attended
Phrases with attended
Questions about attended
- What does attended mean?
- Attended means having a person or people present; with someone in attendance.
- What is attended the simple past and past participle of?
- Attended is the simple past and past participle of attend.
- What part of speech is attended?
- Attended is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce attended?
- Attended is pronounced /əˈtɛndɪd/.
Words near attended in the dictionary
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