"attend to" meaning in English

{
  "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": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "attend to (third-person singular simple present attends to, present participle attending to, simple past and past participle attended to)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "76 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"to\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Maori translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "66 34",
          "english": "own",
          "word": "attend to one's knitting"
        }
      ],
      "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"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to serve; to satisfy someone's needs as a servant would; to wait on",
          "word": "palvella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to serve; to satisfy someone's needs as a servant would; to wait on",
          "word": "huolehtia"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "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": "3 97",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to diligently work on; to pay attention to",
          "word": "paneutua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to diligently work on; to pay attention to",
          "word": "keskittyä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to diligently work on; to pay attention to",
          "word": "aro"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "attend to"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English links with redundant wikilinks",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"to\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations"
  ],
  "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": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "attend to (third-person singular simple present attends to, present participle attending to, simple past and past participle attended to)",
      "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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To diligently work on; to pay attention to."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "diligently",
          "diligently"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "heed"
        },
        {
          "word": "pay attention"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to serve; to satisfy someone's needs as a servant would; to wait on",
      "word": "palvella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to serve; to satisfy someone's needs as a servant would; to wait on",
      "word": "huolehtia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to diligently work on; to pay attention to",
      "word": "paneutua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to diligently work on; to pay attention to",
      "word": "keskittyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to diligently work on; to pay attention to",
      "word": "aro"
    }
  ],
  "word": "attend to"
}

{
  "called_from": "page/2530",
  "msg": "skipping string in the middle of translations: </table></div></div>\n\n",
  "path": [
    "attend to"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "attend to",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "page/2530",
  "msg": "skipping string in the middle of translations: </table></div></div>",
  "path": [
    "attend to"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "attend to",
  "trace": ""
}