Past tense of attend
regular verb
The past tense of attend is attended. The past participle is also attended.
Forms of attend
| Base form (V1) | attend /əˈtɛnd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | attended /əˈtɛndɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | attended /əˈtɛndɪd/ |
| Present participle | attending /əˈtɛndɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | attends |
Attended in a sentence
- I attended a one-room school next door to the palace and studied English, Xhosa, history and geography.1994, Nelson Mandela, “Part One: A Country Childhood”, in Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, Boston, Mass.: Little...
- a measure attended with ill effects
- In high school, he attended the tech program, studying construction trades.From the entry tech
- Only his friends attended his birthday party. They're all broke, so he got no present.From the entry present
- My grandmother attended Mankato State Normal School; my grandfather attended Illinois State Normal University.From the entry normal
Meaning of attend
- verb To care for (someone requiring attention); specifically, of a doctor, nurse, etc.: to provide professional care to (someone).
- verb 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.
- verb 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).
Questions about the past tense of attend
- What is the past tense of attend?
- The past tense of attend is attended.
- What is the past participle of attend?
- The past participle of attend is attended.
- Is attend a regular or irregular verb?
- Attend is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: attend (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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