[əˈtɛnd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- be present at (an event, meeting, or function)
(e.g: the whole sales force attended the conference)

- deal with
(e.g: he muttered that he had business to attend to)

- escort and wait on (a member of royalty or other important person)
(e.g: Her Royal Highness was attended by Mrs Jane Stevens)

- occur with or as a result of
(e.g: people feared that the switch to a peacetime economy would be attended by a severe slump)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘apply one's mind or energies to’): from Old French atendre, from Latin attendere, from ad- ‘to’ + tendere ‘stretch’