Attend to a problem meaning in English
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Definition
to attend to a problem: to deal with a difficulty, to take responsibility for a problem
I will be late tonight as I have to attend to certain matters at work before leaving. I have things to deal with before I leave the office.
Examples
- "I found a discrepancy on my recent bank summary, and I was hoping to speak with someone who can attend to this problem. I'm sure that you are all quite busy, but I would greatly appreciate it if I could receive a call back from a manager, preferably sometime this afternoon."
Exercise 1
"Philip had some medical concerns to take care of."
Another way to express this is "Philip needs to some medical matters."
Another way to express this is "Philip needs to some medical matters."
"Philip had some medical concerns to take care of."
Another way to express this is "Philip needs to attend to some medical matters."
Another way to express this is "Philip needs to attend to some medical matters."
attend to: Philip needs to "take care" of his medical concerns in the sense that he must "attend to them". The expression "to attend to a problem" is very similar to the idiom "to take care of a problem". Both expressions describe the action of fixing, or attempting to fix a problem or concern.
love and protect: Although in a different context, "to take care of (a dog)" could be defined as "to love and protect", this is not the case here. The expression "to take care of" has many meanings, including "protecting and attending to (a person)". However this isn't the case in this context.
dispose of: In another context, the expression "to take care of" might be synonymous with the phrasal verb "to dispose of", but this would most likely happen in a gangster film. For example "Fat Tony told me to take care of Uncle Rico, if you know what I mean".
remember: "To take care of (medical concerns)" does not share a similar meaning with the verb "to remember".
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