Dictionary

attend to en · VERB

Meanings

1. To serve; to satisfy someone's needs as a servant would; to wait on.
2. To diligently work on; to pay attention to.
   • You should attend to your studies if you plan to succeed in the exams.
   • Some ten years ago, an evening excursion train from the Walsall area to Manchester, when travelling well over the heavily-graded Walsall-Rugeley line, was brought to a stand at a level crossing at Hednesford by the tardiness of a gatekeeper, who was pottering about in his garden instead of attending to his duties. 1947 January and February, “Notes and News: Drivers' Reprisals”, in Railway Magazine, page 53:

Forms

Deriveds

attend to one's knitting

Synonyms

take heed · dance attendance · regard · do for · tend · pass · consider · service · await · heed · service · aid · pay attention · wait upon · take note · give heed · wait · attend to · attend · mark · clock · notice · privy · bestand · attend · heed · wait on · pick up what someone is putting down · take notice · mind · do · bestead · stay · serve · let in on · pay heed

Translations (12)

eo zorgi (to diligently work on; to pay attention to) · fi paneutua (to diligently work on; to pay attention to) · fi keskittyä (to diligently work on; to pay attention to) · mi aro (to diligently work on; to pay attention to) · fi huolehtia (to serve; to satisfy someone's needs as a servant would; to wait on) · pl załatwiać (to diligently work on; to pay attention to) · pl obsłużyć (to serve; to satisfy someone's needs as a servant would; to wait on) · pl zajmować się (to diligently work on; to pay attention to) · pl załatwić (to diligently work on; to pay attention to) · pl zająć się (to diligently work on; to pay attention to) · pl obsługiwać (to serve; to satisfy someone's needs as a servant would; to wait on) · fi palvella (to serve; to satisfy someone's needs as a servant would; to wait on)