attendere — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abide verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
- await verb To wait for something or someone, often with a sense of expectation.
- pursue verb To follow someone or something in order to catch them.
- serve verb To provide help, food, or a service to someone.
- wait noun A period spent staying where you are, or delaying action, until something happens.
Senses
attendere is used for these senses in English:
- abide (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation. [mid-12th–mid-17th c.]
- await (transitive) To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
- await (transitive, intransitive) To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
- hold off (idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To delay commencing (an action until some specified time or event has passed).
- hold on (idiomatic) Wait a short while.
- pursue (transitive) To participate in (an activity, business etc.); to practise, follow (a profession). [from 15th c.]
- serve (transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person. [from 15th c.]
- serve (transitive, archaic) To be suitor to; to be the lover of. [from 14th c.]
abide — full definition
- verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
- verb To tolerate or put up with something, especially in negative statements.
- verb (literary) To remain or continue in a place; to stay.