Attend
Attend verb - To go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship.
Function and attend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Function" instead a verb "Attend".
Nearby Words: attending, attendance
Common collocations
| opening | attend opening | function opening |
Both words in one sentence
- At Hogwarts, it's because it's a political football that is politically neutral in all disputes, and members of species and cultures that are furiously at war both attend; at Furinkan, it's more a function of poor faculty judgment in approving projects.
Source: Academy of Adventure -
Religious services: While certainly not all Americans are Christians, a majority are, and many will attend services on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day (which service in particular is a function of one's denomination, culture, local conditions, and convenience).
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Wardrobe Malfunction: Max steals a dress from Regine to attend a function at the mayor's house.
Source: Series / Living Single
Cite this Source
Function and Attend. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/attend/function
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