{
    "term": "attend",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "attend",
            "heSheIt": "attends"
        },
        "pastSimple": "attended",
        "pastParticiple": "attended",
        "ingForm": "attending"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to be present at an event",
            "sensetop": "attend something",
            "labels": "(rather formal)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We'd like as many people as possible to attend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **meeting was attended** by 90% of shareholders.",
                    "contextForm": "attend something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to attend a wedding/funeral/service/ceremony"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Everyone is **welcome to attend** the free event."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All members are **requested to attend** this meeting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "5,000 people from around the world were **invited to attend** the conference."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was invited to attend a seminar in Paris."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her lectures were generally rather sparsely attended."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The event was well attended."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Over 600 people attended the conference."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She flew home to attend her father's funeral."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Several members were unable to attend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Senator was invited to attend, but he declined."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Working life"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["regularly"],
                "verb + attend": ["be able to", "be unable to", "be asked to"],
                "phrases": ["sparsely attended", "well attended"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to go regularly to a place",
            "sensetop": "attend something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Our children **attend** the same **school**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Students are expected to **attend class** regularly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How many people attend church every Sunday?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Your dentist will ask you to attend for regular check-ups."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The child was failing to attend regularly at the school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The patients all attend the clinic monthly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She attended the college one day a week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He regularly attends the local mosque."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["regularly"],
                "verb + attend": ["be able to", "be unable to", "be asked to"],
                "phrases": ["sparsely attended", "well attended"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to pay attention to what somebody is saying or to what you are doing",
            "sensetop": "attend (to somebody/something)",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She hadn't been attending during the lesson."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to happen at the same time as something",
            "sensetop": "attend something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She dislikes the loss of privacy that attends TV celebrity."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to be with somebody and help them",
            "sensetop": "attend somebody",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The president was attended by several members of his staff."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtend/",
                "audio": "at/attend/attend__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtendz/",
                "audio": "at/attend/attends__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtendɪd/",
                "audio": "at/attend/attended__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtendɪŋ/",
                "audio": "at/attend/attending__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtend/",
                "audio": "at/attend/attend__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtendz/",
                "audio": "at/attend/attends__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtendɪd/",
                "audio": "at/attend/attended__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈtendɪŋ/",
                "audio": "at/attend/attending__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘apply one's mind or energies to’): from Old French atendre, from Latin attendere, from ad- ‘to’ + tendere ‘stretch’."
}