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US
/ˈtɛnd/
]
[ UK /tˈɛnd/ ]
[ UK /tˈɛnd/ ]
VERB
-
have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
These dresses run small
He inclined to corpulence
She tends to be nervous before her lectures -
have care of or look after
She tends to the children -
manage or run
tend a store
How To Use tend In A Sentence
- Within five years, a unified currency in 1933 the "central" issue of "legal tender" currency has been relatively stable, so Donglai Bank has to resume business.
- The extended period of damage was probably brought on by the cool/wet growing conditions.
- Then there are the PIP implant problems that thousands of women have had to contend with. The Sun
- It's not because I'm worried about what they might think, or anything ridiculous like that, it's because in a lot of cases this material was intended for me alone - either through an oral tradition or as a gnostic revelation from the spirits.
- It is just as well that this doubly weighty volume, which offers a lot of poems for the pound, tends to reward the effort it demands. The Times Literary Supplement
- This facility is intended to help a few hundred families living in public housing by training them to be grocery store clerks.
- Construction here would include offices, retail and hotels with the objective of integrating the docklands with the city centre and extending its functions to the east.
- Particulates and dust in Earth's atmosphere along the line of sight tend to absorb blue light more effectively than red light.
- I still see Mr. Berman's portable shtender in the shul and I have to smile because I immediately see his warm gentle smile and think about how fortunate I was to have met your father.
- Although these vegetables adapt well to our temperate climate, they tend to crop poorly.