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Pronunciation: /tɛnd/

Definition of tend

[no object, with infinitive]

regularly or frequently behave in a particular way or have a certain characteristic:written language tends to be formal her hair tended to come loose
[no object] (tend to/towards) be liable to possess or display (a particular characteristic):Walter tended towards corpulence
[no object, with adverbial] go or move in a particular direction:fire is hot and tends upwards
[no object] (tend to) Mathematics (of a variable) approach a given quantity as a limit:the orbit tends to infinity

Origin:

Middle English (in the sense 'move or be inclined to move in a certain direction'): from Old French tendre 'stretch, tend', from Latin tendere

Definition of tend in the US English dictionary

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