attend

In a sentence

• Il attend son ami devant le café.

  He is waiting for his friend in front of the café.

  The word 'attend' means 'waits for' in this context, indicating the action of expecting someone's arrival.

• Elle attend toujours une réponse à sa demande.

  She is still waiting for a response to her request.

  Here, 'attend' represents 'waits for,' showing anticipation for an unfulfilled action or response.

• Je m'attends à ce qu'il arrive en retard.

  I expect he will arrive late.

  The usage of 'attends' here, in the pronominal form 'm'attends,' means 'expect'; it shows an action of anticipation or predicting a future event.