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.]
   • (Can we date this quote by Sir Philip Sidney かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

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

2. (archaic, intransitive) To listen (to, unto). [from 15th c.]
   • (Can we date this quote by Rudyard Kipling かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?), 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. B. Maxwell, chapter 15, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     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.

   • (Can we date this quote by Edmund Spenser かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     The fifth had charge sick persons to attend.

   • c. 1590, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, published 1623, [Act I, scene iii]:

     youthful Valentine
     Attends the emperor in his royal court.

   • 1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 13, in The History of England from the Accession of James II:

     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.

   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:

     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

   • (Can we date this quote by John Dryden かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     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.
    • (Can we date this quote by John Locke かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

      the state that attends all men after this

    • (Can we date this quote by John Dryden かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

      Three days I promised to attend my doom.

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

関連する語

語源 2

From Middle English attenden, atenden, from 古期英語 ātendan (“to set on fire, kindle, inflame, trouble, perplex”), equivalent to a- +‎ tend.

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. Alternative form of atend ("to kindle").

関連する語

• tend
• tinder

参照

• attend at OneLook Dictionary Search
• attend in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

アナグラム

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