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Syllabification: (tend)

Pronunciation: /tend/

Definition of tend

[no object]

regularly or frequently behave in a particular way or have a certain characteristic: [no object, with infinitive]:written language tends to be formal her hair tended to come loose
(tend to/toward) be liable to possess or display (a particular characteristic):Walter tended toward corpulence
go or move in a particular direction:the road tends west around small mountains
(tend to) Mathematics approach (a quantity or limit):the Fourier coefficients tend to zero

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

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