Attend vs Attitude - What's the difference?
attend | attitude |
(archaic) To listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed.
* Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
(archaic) To listen ((to), (unto)).
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, title= To wait upon as a servant etc.; to accompany to assist (someone).
* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
* (1800-1859)
(senseid)To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness. The Celebrity as a matter of course was master of ceremonies.}}
* 1994 , (Nelson Mandela), (Long Walk to Freedom) , Abacus 2010, p. 20:
To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to.
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for.
* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
The position of the body or way of carrying oneself; posture.
Disposition or state of mind.
(uncountable, countable) A negative, irritating, or irritated attitude; posturing.
(aeronautics, nautical, engineering) The orientation of a vehicle or other object relative to the horizon, direction of motion, other objects, etc.
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(ballet) A position similar to arabesque, but with the raised leg bent at the knee.
* 2007 , Gayle Kassing, History of Dance: An Interactive Arts Approach ,
To assume or to place in a particular position or orientation; to pose.
* 1823 , Felix M'Donogh, The Hermit Abroad , Volume 1,
* 1837 , William E. Burton, The Gentleman's Magazine , Volume 1,
* 1971 , , Advances in Astronautical Sciences , Volume 29, Part 2,
To express an attitude through one's posture, bearing, tone of voice, etc.
* 2002 , Wayne Normis, The Last Street Fighter ,
* 2008 , Yvonne Müller, "The Absentee": an Interpretation - an Analysis of Maria Edgeworth's Novel ,
* 2010 , R. Scott, Nine Months and a Year Later ,
As a verb attend
is ("to kindle") or attend can be (archaic|transitive) to listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed.As a noun attitude is
.attend
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) attenden, atenden, from (etyl) .Etymology 2
From (etyl) attenden, atenden, from (etyl) ; see tend and compare attempt.Verb
(en verb)- The diligent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not attend the unskilful words of the passenger.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.}}
- The fifth had charge sick persons to attend .
- Attends the emperor in his royal court.
- With a sore heart and a gloomy brow, he prepared to attend William thither.
- I attended a one-room school next door to the palace and studied English, Xhosa, history and geography.
- What cares must then attend the toiling swain.
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.
- the state that attends all men after this
- Three days I promised to attend my doom.
Synonyms
* (listen to) behearattitude
English
Noun
- The ballet dancer walked with a graceful attitude
- ... but had a lazy attitude to work.
- Don't give me your attitude .
- You've got some attitude , girl !
- The airliner had to land with a nose-up attitude after the incident.
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- Blasis was a man of many accomplishments. He invented the ballet position of attitude and codified the ballet technique of that time, distinguishing three types of dancers: the serious, the demi-caractère , and the comic dancer.
Synonyms
* stance * (position of vehicle etc) trim, orientationDerived terms
() * attitude-y * attitudinal * dickitude * tudeVerb
(attitud)page 122,
page 123,
- Attituded like an inspired curling-tongs, leaning back heavily on his right leg, and throwing forward his left, his arm elevated to a level with his shoulder, the clenched fist grasping a brush that might have been available in
page 395,
- The attituded control gyro package, electronics, APS gas supply, and the preentry electronics are mounted internally, and are distributed circumferentially at the major ring.
page 33,
- He attituded his way over to me, got up close, and just stood there looking at me, trying to appear threatening.
page 12,
- The typical characteristic attituded toward the English is coldness.
page 82,
- I was really tripping, 'cause this nigga had the nerve to be attituded up when he was the one always doing something he had no business doing.