attend to

present singular third person attends to · participle present attending to · participle past attended to · past attended to

1. To serve; to satisfy someone's needs as a servant would; to wait on.

   Synonyms: service, aid, attend, await, bestand, bestead, dance attendance, do

2. To diligently work on; to pay attention to.

   You should attend to your studies if you plan to succeed in the exams.

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   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.

   1947 January and February, “Notes and News: Drivers' Reprisals”, in Railway Magazine, page 53

   Synonyms: heed, attend, clock, consider, give heed, heed, let in on, mark