"attend to" meaning in English

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      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "english": "own",
      "word": "attend to one's knitting"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "attends to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "attending to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "attended to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "attended to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To serve; to satisfy someone's needs as a servant would; to wait on."
      ],
      "id": "en-attend_to-en-verb-AZWsSZ~c",
      "links": [
        [
          "serve",
          "serve"
        ],
        [
          "satisfy",
          "satisfy"
        ],
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ],
        [
          "wait on",
          "wait on"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "service#Verb"
        },
        {
          "word": "serve"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
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          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (to)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You should attend to your studies if you plan to succeed in the exams.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1947 January and February, “Notes and News: Drivers' Reprisals”, in Railway Magazine, page 53",
          "text": "Some ten years ago, an evening excursion train from the Walsall area to Manchester, when travelling well over the heavily-graded Walsall-Rugeley line, was brought to a stand at a level crossing at Hednesford by the tardiness of a gatekeeper, who was pottering about in his garden instead of attending to his duties.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To diligently work on; to pay attention to."
      ],
      "id": "en-attend_to-en-verb-iuBZDjdg",
      "links": [
        [
          "diligently",
          "diligently"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "heed"
        },
        {
          "word": "pay attention"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "55 45",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "word": "aro"
    }
  ],
  "word": "attend to"
}

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    "English links with redundant wikilinks",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (to)",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "own",
      "word": "attend to one's knitting"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "attends to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "attending to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "attended to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "attended to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To serve; to satisfy someone's needs as a servant would; to wait on."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "serve",
          "serve"
        ],
        [
          "satisfy",
          "satisfy"
        ],
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ],
        [
          "wait on",
          "wait on"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "service#Verb"
        },
        {
          "word": "serve"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You should attend to your studies if you plan to succeed in the exams.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1947 January and February, “Notes and News: Drivers' Reprisals”, in Railway Magazine, page 53",
          "text": "Some ten years ago, an evening excursion train from the Walsall area to Manchester, when travelling well over the heavily-graded Walsall-Rugeley line, was brought to a stand at a level crossing at Hednesford by the tardiness of a gatekeeper, who was pottering about in his garden instead of attending to his duties.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To diligently work on; to pay attention to."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "diligently",
          "diligently"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "heed"
        },
        {
          "word": "pay attention"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "word": "aro"
    }
  ],
  "word": "attend to"
}

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