attendant

/ə'tendənt/

Thân thiện

A flight attendant helps passengers with their luggage.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A person who provides a service or assistance: An "attendant" is someone whose job is to help or serve others, often in a public place or specific situation.
   • A person who is present at an event: An "attendant" can also refer to someone who attends or participates in a meeting, ceremony, or gathering.

2. Adjective:

   • Accompanying or following as a result: When used as an adjective, "attendant" describes something that naturally occurs with or as a consequence of something else.
   • Being present: It can also describe someone or something that is present at an event or location.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The flight attendant helped passengers with their luggage. (The person serving on the airplane assisted the travelers.)
  • He was a regular attendant at the weekly meetings. (He was someone who was consistently present at the meetings.)

• Adjective:

  • The economic crisis brought with it attendant hardships. (The crisis came with accompanying difficulties.)
  • The attendant crowd waited patiently for the gates to open. (The crowd that was present waited patiently.)

Advanced Usage

• "Attendant upon/on": This formal phrase means resulting from or connected to a particular situation.
  • Risks attendant upon such a venture are significant. (The risks connected to such an undertaking are significant.)

Variants and Related Words

• Attendance (n): The act of being present at an event or location.
  • Her attendance at the conference was noted.
• Attend (v): To be present at; to go to; or to take care of someone's needs.
  • She will attend the lecture. / Nurses attend to the patients.

Synonyms

• Noun (servant): Servant, aide, assistant, steward, valet.
• Noun (participant): Participant, attendee, guest.
• Adjective: Accompanying, consequent, concomitant, related.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Attend to: To deal with or take care of something or someone.
  • Please attend to the customer's complaint immediately. (Please deal with the customer's complaint.)

Related Idioms

• In attendance: Present at an event.
  • Several dignitaries were in attendance at the ceremony. (Several important people were present at the ceremony.)

Học thuật

Adjective

1. following or accompanying as a consequence
   • an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems
   • snags incidental to the changeover in management
   • attendant circumstances
   • the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness
   • the ensuant response to his appeal
   • the resultant savings were considerable
2. being present (at meeting or event etc.) "attendant members of the congreation"

Noun

1. an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
2. a person who is present and participates in a meeting
   • he was a regular attender at department meetings
   • the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees
3. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

Từ đồng nghĩa

• consequent
• accompanying
• concomitant
• incidental
• ensuant
• resultant
• sequent
• accompaniment
• co-occurrence
• attender
• attendee
• meeter
• tender