Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being the principal physician supervising a patient's care.
- adjective Being a physician on the regular medical staff of a hospital.
- noun The principal physician supervising a patient's care.
- noun A staff physician in a hospital.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Serving on the staff of a teaching hospital as a doctor.
- noun US A
physician on thestaff of ahospital , especially theprincipal one thatsupervises apatient 'scare . - verb Present participle of
attend .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
- noun the act of being present (at a meeting or event etc.)
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Examples
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Her father grew worse; her time was more entirely occupied in attending him; her means of subsistence decreased; and in the tenth month her father died in her arms, leaving her an orphan and a beggar.
Chapter 1 2010
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In a solitary chamber, or rather cell, at the top of the house, and separated from all the other apartments by a gallery and staircase, I kept my workshop of filthy creation: my eye-balls were starting from their sockets in attending to the details of my employment.
Chapter 4 2010
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If you are interested in attending (it costs £40, or £60 for a pair of tickets), you can email Julia Baxter for details.
Current Affairs Maxine 2009
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Crowley had to leave his firearms in attending this VERY IMPORTANT PHOTO-OP.
Thank God Joe Biden was at the beer summit. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Devereaux, in attending numerous military functions, wore a decorated uniform that included high military honors, including a
William Devereaux 2010
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If you are interested in attending WordCamp Fraser Valley and are in the area next Saturday, leave a comment by midnight (Pacific time) on Tuesday, August 18th:
Do It Myself Blog – Glenda Watson Hyatt » 2009 » August 2009
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You can now register online for the con and pay by PayPal – the cost for attending is €30 which was £27.14 when I registered a minute ago.
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You can now register online for the con and pay by PayPal – the cost for attending is €30 which was £27.14 when I registered a minute ago.
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You can become a successful science fiction writer without attending a workshop like this, and attending is no guarantee of success, but for the right writer, this can be the event that gets you from promising to published.
Boing Boing 2009
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The Israelis are still attending is the major point.
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