different between attend vs hear

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /??t?nd/, [??t??nd]
• Rhymes: -?nd
• Homophone: atend

Etymology 1

From Middle English attenden, atenden, from Old French atendre (“to attend, listen”), from Latin attendere (“to stretch toward, give heed to”), from ad (“to”) + tendere (“to stretch”); see tend and compare attempt.

Verb

attend (third-person singular simple present attends, present participle attending, simple past and past participle attended)

1. (archaic, transitive) To listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed. [from 15th c.]

   • The diligent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not attend the unskilful words of the passenger.
2. (archaic, intransitive) To listen (to, unto). [from 15th c.]
   • 1912, Rudyard Kipling, The Beginning of the Armadillos

     'Now attend to me,' said Painted Jaguar, 'because this is very important. […]

4. (intransitive) To turn one's consideration (to); to deal with (a task, problem, concern etc.), to look after. [from 15th c.]
5. (transitive, intransitive) To wait upon as a servant etc.; to accompany to assist (someone). [from 15th c.]
7. (transitive) To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings; to regularly go to (an event or place). [from 17th c.]
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 20:

     I attended a one-room school next door to the palace and studied English, Xhosa, history and geography.

8. (intransitive, law) To go to (a place) for some purpose (with at).
9. To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to.
   • 1697, John Dryden, The Georgics

     What cares must then attend the toiling swain.
10. To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for.

    • the different state of perfect happiness or misery that attends all men after this

    • 1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour

      Three days I promised to attend my doom.

Synonyms

• (listen to): behear, heed, mark, notice
• (listen): notice, pay attention, take heed; See also Thesaurus:listen or Thesaurus:pay attention
• (wait upon as a servant): bestand, serve; See also Thesaurus:serve
• (wait for): See also Thesaurus:wait for

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English attenden, atenden, from Old English ?tendan (“to set on fire, kindle, inflame, trouble, perplex”), equivalent to a- +? tend.

Verb

attend (third-person singular simple present attends, present participle attending, simple past and past participle attended)

1. Alternative form of atend ("to kindle").

Related terms

• tend
• tinder

References

• attend at OneLook Dictionary Search
• attend in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Adnett

Dutch

Pronunciation

Participle

attend

1. present participle of atten

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.t??/

Verb

attend

1. third-person singular present indicative of attendre

Anagrams

• datent

English

Alternative forms

• heare (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English heren, from Old English h?eran (“to hear”), from Proto-Germanic *hauzijan? (“to hear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h??h?owsyéti (“to be sharp-eared”), from *h?e?- (“sharp”) + *h?ows- (“ear”) + *-yéti (denominative suffix). Cognate with Saterland Frisian heere (“to hear”), West Frisian hearre (“to hear”), Dutch horen (“to hear”), German hören (“to hear”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål høre (“to hear”), Norwegian Nynorsk høyra (“to hear”), Icelandic heyra (“to hear”), Ancient Greek ????? (akoú?, “I hear”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h??(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /h??/
• (Wales) IPA^(key): /hj??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophones: here, hir

Verb

hear (third-person singular simple present hears, present participle hearing, simple past and past participle heard)

1. (intransitive, stative) To perceive sounds through the ear. [from 10th c.]

2. (transitive, stative) To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way. [from 10th c.]
3. (transitive) To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to. [from 10th c.]
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John X:

     Agayne there was dissencion amonge the iewes for these sayinges, and many of them sayd: He hath the devyll, and is madde: why heare ye hym?
4. (transitive) To listen favourably to; to grant (a request etc.). [from 10th c.]

5. (transitive) To receive information about; to come to learn of. [from 10th c.]
6. (with from) To be contacted by.
7. (transitive) To listen to (a person, case) in a court of law; to try. [from 12th c.]

8. (transitive, informal) To sympathize with; to understand the feelings or opinion of.

Usage notes

• This is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• audible
• deaf
• listen

References

• hear in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• hear in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Ahre, Hare, Hera, RHAe, Rahe, Rhea, hare, hera, rhea

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German herre, from Old High German h?rro, h?riro, comparative form of h?r (“gray-haired, noble, venerable”). Cognate with German Herr; see there for more.

Noun

hear m

1. (Luserna) God, Lord

References

• “hear” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h???r/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

hear c (plural hearen, diminutive hearke)

1. lord
2. (Christianity) the Lord, God

3. nobleman
4. gentleman

Derived terms

• leavehearsbistke
• mynhear

Further reading

• “hear (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

From Old Frisian here, from Proto-West Germanic *hari.

Noun

hear c (plural hearen)

1. army

2. crowd

Further reading

• “hear (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011