"attend to" meaning in All languages combined

See attend to on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: attends to [present, singular, third-person], attending to [participle, present], attended to [participle, past], attended to [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} attend to (third-person singular simple present attends to, present participle attending to, simple past and past participle attended to)
  1. To serve; to satisfy someone's needs as a servant would; to wait on. Translations (to serve; to satisfy someone's needs as a servant would; to wait on): palvella (Finnish), huolehtia (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-attend_to-en-verb-AZWsSZ~c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant wikilinks, English phrasal verbs formed with "to", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "to": 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Synonyms: service#Verb, aid, attend, attend to, await, bestand, bestead, dance attendance [British], do [British, dated], do for [British, dated], serve, service, stay [obsolete], tend, wait, wait on, wait upon Disambiguation of "to serve; to satisfy someone's needs as a servant would; to wait on": 88 12
  2. To diligently work on; to pay attention to. Translations (to diligently work on; to pay attention to): zorgi (Esperanto), paneutua (Finnish), keskittyä (Finnish), aro (Maori)
    Sense id: en-attend_to-en-verb-iuBZDjdg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant wikilinks, English phrasal verbs formed with "to", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Maori translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "to": 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 44 56 Synonyms: heed, attend [archaic], clock [slang], consider, give heed, heed, let in on, mark, mind [rare], notice, pass [obsolete], pay attention, pay heed, pick up what someone is putting down, privy, regard, take heed, take note, take notice Disambiguation of 'to diligently work on; to pay attention to': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: attend to one's knitting (english: own)

Inflected forms

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