attendとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English attenden, atenden, from Old French atendre (“to attend, listen”), from Latin attendere (“to stretch toward, give heed to”), from ad (“to”) + tendere (“to stretch”); see tend and compare attempt.

動詞

attend (三人称単数 現在形 attends, 現在分詞 attending, 過去形および過去分詞形 attended)

1. (archaic, transitive) To listen to (something または someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed. [from 15th c.]
   • a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the page number)”, in Fulke Greville, Matthew Gwinne, and John Florio, editors, The Covntesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, OCLC 801077108; republished in Albert Feuillerat, editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia (Cambridge English Classics: The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; I), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1912, OCLC 318419127:

     The diligent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not attend the unskilful words of the passenger.

   • 1704, [Jonathan Swift], “Section IX. A Digression Concerning the Original, the Use and Improvement of Madness in a Commonwealth.”, in A Tale of a Tub. […], London: […] John Nutt, […], OCLC 752990886, pages 169–170:

     The preſent Argument is the moſt abſtracted that ever I engaged in, it ſtrains my Faculties to their higheſt Stretch; and I deſire the Reader to attend with utmoſt perpenſity; For, I now proceed to unravel this knotty Point.

2. (archaic, intransitive) To listen (to, unto). [from 15th c.]
   • 1912, Rudyard Kipling, The Beginning of the Armadillos

     'Now attend to me,' said Painted Jaguar, 'because this is very important. […]

4. (intransitive) To turn one's consideration (to); to deal with (a task, problem, concern etc.), to look after. [from 15th c.]

   Secretaries attend to correspondence.

   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 4293071:

     Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.

5. (transitive, intransitive) To wait upon as a servant etc.; to accompany to assist (someone). [from 15th c.]

   Valets attend to their employer's wardrobe.

   Servants attend the king day and night.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book I, canto X, stanza 41:

     The fift had charge sicke persons to attend

   • c. 1590–1591, William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene iii]:

     youthful Valentine
     Attends the emperor in his royal court.

   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 13, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:

     With a sore heart and a gloomy brow, he prepared to attend William thither.

7. (transitive) To be present at (an event または place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings; to regularly go to (an event または place). [from 17th c.]

   Children must attend primary school.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:

     In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness. The Celebrity as a matter of course was master of ceremonies.

   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 20:

     I attended a one-room school next door to the palace and studied English, Xhosa, history and geography.

8. (intransitive, law) To go to (a place) for some purpose (with at).
   • 2011, Supreme Court of Canada, R. v. Côté‎^[1], retrieved 2016-05-08:

     Around 12:15 a.m. patrolling officers Tremblay and Mathieu attended at the appellant’s home.

   • 2016, Prince Edward Island Court of Appeal, R. v. Yeo‎^[2], retrieved 2016-05-08:

     There were a few errors in the testimony of [a civilian witness] which the trial judge noted – one, that they attended at the Fairhurst residence the day before the robbery, and two, that Wakelin was with them.

9. To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to.

   a measure attended with ill effects

   • 1697, John Dryden, The Georgics

     What cares must then attend the toiling swain.

   • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:

     The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it. […] Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?

10. To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for.
    • 1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour […]‎^[3], London: Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, published 1667, Act III, scene ii, page 29:

      Three days I promiſ’d to attend my Doom.

    • 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], OCLC 153628242:

      the different state of perfect happiness or misery that attends all men after this

同意語

• (listen to): behear, heed, mark, notice
• (listen): notice, pay attention, take heed; See also Thesaurus:listen or Thesaurus:pay attention
• (wait upon as a servant): bestand, serve; See also Thesaurus:serve
• (wait for): See also Thesaurus:wait for

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