ATTENDANT


Meaning of ATTENDANT in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

attendant risks formal (= risks involved in something )

Those who deal with firearms are generally aware of the attendant risks.

flight attendant

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a gas station attendant

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Disheartened, Santa Anna separated from his large escort and planned to slip through the mountainous country with three attendants.

He then gave them the choice of apologizing to the flight attendant or taking another flight.

Kim, 31, is a flight attendant for Delta Air Lines.

Londoner Richard Tompkins worked as a petrol pump attendant before starting the stamp company in 1956.

My work as a flight attendant also proved valuable.

Suddenly the pump attendant wanted nothing to do with this.

The middle-aged sleeping-car attendant was dozing but dressed.

The petrol station attendant told her to apply for more at the Kommandatur which turned out to be the old town hall.

II. adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

problem

This would throw up a host of attendant problems .

And it does have its attendant problems which it is only sensible to recognise.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a prince and his attendant servants

aging and all its attendant medical problems

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Although considered in need of assessment or treatment, these women did not require compulsory admission, with the attendant limits on civil liberties.

And it does have its attendant problems which it is only sensible to recognise.

In Minoan Crete, Potnia is shown with attendant lions or griffins.

Land reforms enacted without attendant and well-planned services and inputs are unlikely to be able to generate sustainable livelihoods.

Originally, ancestor-worship and its attendant family structure were confined to the patrician class.

That under-standing and insight extend to all the attendant process issues, refinements, and subtleties.

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