attending

attend +‎ -ing

• IPA^(key): /əˈtɛndɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ

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• Hyphenation: at‧tend‧ing

attending (not comparable)

1. That attend or attends; that is or are in attendance; attendant.
2. Serving on the staff of a teaching hospital as a doctor.

attending (plural attendings)

1. (Canada, US) A physician on the staff of a hospital, especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care.
   • 2002, Harry Lee Kraus, Could I Have This Dance?, page 45:

     All the new interns had heard of his operative speed, his finesse under the attending's glare, and his memorization of the current surgical literature.

   • 2009 March 11, “Doctor-Patient-Computer Relationships”, in New York Times‎:

     All too often when taking a history, residents and attendings in a hurry will simply use the cut-and-paste function to save time and bypass asking potentially important questions that have been asked before.

attending

1. present participle and gerund of attend