attended
- 1Simple past and past participle of attend. Use this form for something that already happened.
She attended every class last semester.
They attended their cousin's wedding last June.
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- 2Having someone there to watch over or help.
Like a help desk with a worker sitting at it, ready for you.
The front desk stays attended all night.
An attended booth sat at the entrance to the fair.
Similarstaffed, manned, supervised, occupied
Oppositeunattended, unmanned, unstaffed
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- 3Being the thing people are paying attention to.
Like a plant that gets watered every day instead of being forgotten in a corner.
She wanted her worries to be attended, not brushed aside.
Every detail of the plan was carefully attended.
Similaraddressed
Oppositeneglected, overlooked
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attended is a form of attend
attend, verb: To go to an event or place and be there, or to go there regularly, like school or church. Full entry
- Spelling
- attend → attended: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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