attending

[ uh-ten-ding ]

adjective

1. having primary responsibility for a patient.
2. holding a staff position in an accredited hospital.

Other Words From

• well-at·tending adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of attending¹

First recorded in 1580–90; attend + -ing ²

Example Sentences

He said attending Simon's group in Colwyn Bay had helped him to understand who he was.

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On starting the job, Rachael says she was not given any personal assistant work to do and instead felt like a "companion", attending dinners and "getting to know him".

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The authority said, alongside the cost concerns, it believed falling birth rates across Suffolk and nationally meant there could be too few students attending in the future, potentially making a new school "financially unsustainable."

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For many boarding school students, corporal punishment was regarded as "normal", former Zimbabwean cricketer Henry Olonga, who was attending the camp the night Guide died, said in his 2015 autobiography.

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Sir Keir was one of only seven G20 leaders attending the summit, with 13 absentees including the premiers of the US, China, France and Germany.

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