Collocations for attend - verb
VERB + attend
be able to,
be unable to
be asked to, be invited to
He was invited to attend a seminar in Chicago.
be asked to, be invited to
He was invited to attend a seminar in Chicago.
PHRASES
sparsely attended
Her lectures were generally rather sparsely attended.
Her lectures were generally rather sparsely attended.
well attended
The event was well attended.
The event was well attended.
Attend is used with these nouns as the subject:
delegate, guest, member, midwife, observer, participant, representative
delegate, guest, member, midwife, observer, participant, representative
Attend is used with these nouns as the object:
academy, appointment, assembly, auction, ball, banquet, bash, birth, blaze, briefing, burial, camp, celebration, ceremony, chapel, christening, church, class, clinic, college, concert, conference, congregation, congress, convention, course, court, dinner, enquiry, event, execution, exhibition, fair, feast, festival, festivities, forum, function, funeral, gala, game, gathering, inauguration, inquest, institution, interview, kindergarten, launch, lecture, lesson, luncheon, mass, meet, meeting, movie, opening, panel, party, performance, playgroup, prayer, premiere, programme, rally, reception, recital, rehearsal, retreat, reunion, scene, school, seminar, service, session, show, shower, showing, summit, surgery, talk, training, trial, university, vigil, wedding, workshop, worship
academy, appointment, assembly, auction, ball, banquet, bash, birth, blaze, briefing, burial, camp, celebration, ceremony, chapel, christening, church, class, clinic, college, concert, conference, congregation, congress, convention, course, court, dinner, enquiry, event, execution, exhibition, fair, feast, festival, festivities, forum, function, funeral, gala, game, gathering, inauguration, inquest, institution, interview, kindergarten, launch, lecture, lesson, luncheon, mass, meet, meeting, movie, opening, panel, party, performance, playgroup, prayer, premiere, programme, rally, reception, recital, rehearsal, retreat, reunion, scene, school, seminar, service, session, show, shower, showing, summit, surgery, talk, training, trial, university, vigil, wedding, workshop, worship