attendant
- adjective
- /əˈtɛndənt/
- There also has to be corresponding reform of state institutions, policymaking procedures, and an attendant recovery of civil liberties.
- attendant problems
- attendant risks
- attendant limitations
Examples
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There are many problems attendant to running such a large territory.
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Our participants reported a variety of approaches to advanced practice in emergency settings, with attendant challenges to skills acquisition and competency validation.
Academic text (2017) -
Once again, political leadership and its attendant courage and wisdom appear in short supply.
Academic text (1990) -
The program for such events, with its attendant enthusiasm, is rarely matched south of the border.
Academic text (1993) -
Devaluation, with all its attendant negative effects, seemed to be the only tool available for getting the economy moving.
Academic text (2011) -
Without that inclusion, cultural amnesia will set in with all its attendant problems.
Academic text (1994) -
Providing a variety of ways to interact can prevent over-reliance on any one technological tool with its attendant limitations.
Academic text (2013) -
26. Acid rain, ozone depletion, and global warming all have their own attendant health risks.
Academic text (1994) -
The middle class, by contrast, largely accepted—even fostered—consumerism and its attendant changes in society.
Academic text (2013) -
The festival's music and its attendant festivities brought the community together.
Synonyms
Happening at the same time as something else or as a result of it
Happening because of an earlier event
Happening as a result of something else
Happening at the same time as something else, often as a result
Happening one after another in order
Happening after something as a result
Antonyms
Compounds
A person who looks after passengers on an airplane and keeps them safe and comfortable
- Specialized
A person who helps patients and keeps the hospital clean but does not give medical treatment
A person who moves and looks after passengers' luggage at an airport or train station
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Attendant comes from the same root as attend, which once meant 'to go toward' or 'to be with'. So when we speak of 'attendant' risks or problems, we mean those that 'come with' or are connected to the main event.