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tend

  • verb
  • /ˈtɛnd/

To make a of; to offer or tender.

Other meanings

  1. To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning.

    “They tend to go out on Saturdays.”

  2. To contribute to or toward some outcome.

Example sentences

  • “I tend to just block people like that.”

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Word history

From Latin "tendere" (to stretch, stretch out, extend, spread out).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “tend” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.