Attend and Perform

Attend

Attend verb - To go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship.

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Perform and attend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Perform" instead a verb "Attend".

Nearby Words: attending, attendance

Perform verb - To carry through (as a process) to completion.

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Attend and perform are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attend" instead a verb "Perform".

play	attend play	perform play
service	attend service	perform service
function	attend function	perform function
ceremony	attend ceremony	perform ceremony
Other words: show, dance, concert, tests.

Undercover officers would often attend his performances so that they could arrest him, and many venues eventually refused to let him perform because of police harassment.

Source: Creator / Lenny Bruce
In the parade proper, Dove Cameron was to perform alongside her Descendants costar Sofia Carson, but Cameron was unable to attend, though she was still listed in the opening credits.

Source: Useful Notes / Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Despite singing on almost every track on all three albums, she is often touted as "the one who never sings" because she doesn't a have a solo part in Wannabe, the song which the girls perform most (she missed the session when the song was written because she had to attend a wedding).

Source: Music / Spice Girls

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