Meaning

5 senses
  1. One who attends; one who works with or watches over someone or something.

    Give your keys to the parking attendants and they will park your car for you.

    Begleiter, Begleiterin, Bewacher

    слу́жащийslúžaščij, слу́жащаяslúžaščaja, служи́тельslužítelʹ

    обслуговуюча особаobsluhovujuča osoba, служительslužytelʹ

    someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

  2. A servant or valet.

    Diener, Dienerin, Lakai

  3. That which accompanies or follows.

  4. One who owes a duty or service to another.

  5. (archaic)A visitor or caller; one who attends (is present at or regularly goes to) some event or place.

    Besucher, Besucherin, Gast

    a person who is present and participates in a meeting

Examples

82 sentences
  1. I work as a museum attendant.

    ruЯ работаю смотрителем в музее.

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  2. Flight attendants, please prepare for takeoff.

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  3. Tom worked as a gas station attendant.

    ruТом работал заправщиком на бензоколонке.

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  4. You said Mary was a flight attendant.

    deSie sagten, Maria sei Flugbegleiterin.

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  5. The parking lot attendant confirmed your alibi.

    ruПарковщик подтвердил твоё алиби.

    deDer Parkwächter hat Ihr Alibi bestätigt.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one who attends:
Русский
By meaning 1
one who attends:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
one who attends:
servant, valet, domestic worker:
visitor, visitant, patron, attendee, attender:

Origin

From Middle English attendant, attendaunt, from Old French attendant. By surface analysis,

From Middle English attendant, attendaunt, from Old French attendant. By surface analysis, attend + -ant.

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Forms

plural: attendants
Singularattendant
Pluralattendants

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

15 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • flight attendant
  • a flight attendant
  • the flight attendant

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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