attending
attending Lexical Profile
attending Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Present at an event, institution, or place, or accompanying something.
"All attending members of the committee were asked to sign the register before the meeting began."
North American Serving on the medical staff of a hospital with primary responsibility for a patient's care and the supervision of interns and residents.
"The attending physician reviewed the test results with the medical students during morning rounds."
• noun
North American A fully trained physician who has completed residency and holds primary responsibility for patient care and the supervision of medical trainees in a teaching hospital.
"The first-year resident paged the on-call attending to consult on a complex surgical case."
The act of being present at a place or event, or of paying close attention.
"Regular attending of lectures is strongly correlated with academic success."
• Rhymes for attending
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed from the verb 'attend', which entered Middle English via Old French 'atendre' from Latin 'attendere', meaning 'to stretch toward' or 'give heed to' (from 'ad-' meaning 'to' and 'tendere' meaning 'to stretch').