atender a

v.

1 to attend to.

Ella atiende a sus necesidades She attends to his needs.

2 to cater for.

El restaurante atiende a los García The restaurant caters for the Garcias.

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(v.) = cater for/to, look after, provide for, cope with, care (about/for), attend to, pay + attention to

Ex. Labelling of subjects presents problems mainly because, in order to achieve a user-orientated approach, the various approaches of different users must be catered for.

Ex. A consumer ombudsman's department looks after consumer complaints and, in addition, many municipalities now have a consumer guidance office.

Ex. So far we have only provided for the user who happens to consult the A/Z subject index under the term 'Conservative'.

Ex. This latter period is when the air-conditioning has to work hardest to cope with high outside air temperature and solar gains through the building.

Ex. Many authors, especially since the mid nineteenth century, have cared about the details of their punctuation and have bothered to correct it.

Ex. Then due to the difficulty of altering a manual file and the pressure to catalog more new books faster, s/he is administratively enjoined from attending to such details.

Ex. Scant attention is paid to evaluation and the needs of users.

* * *

(v.) = cater for/to, look after, provide for, cope with, care (about/for), attend to, pay + attention to

Ex: Labelling of subjects presents problems mainly because, in order to achieve a user-orientated approach, the various approaches of different users must be catered for.

Ex: A consumer ombudsman's department looks after consumer complaints and, in addition, many municipalities now have a consumer guidance office.

Ex: So far we have only provided for the user who happens to consult the A/Z subject index under the term 'Conservative'.

Ex: This latter period is when the air-conditioning has to work hardest to cope with high outside air temperature and solar gains through the building.

Ex: Many authors, especially since the mid nineteenth century, have cared about the details of their punctuation and have bothered to correct it.

Ex: Then due to the difficulty of altering a manual file and the pressure to catalog more new books faster, s/he is administratively enjoined from attending to such details.

Ex: Scant attention is paid to evaluation and the needs of users.