tend

Meaning

  1. To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
  2. To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning.
  3. To contribute to or toward some outcome.

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tɛnd/
Etymology

From Middle English *tenden, from Old French tendre (“to stretch, stretch out, hold forth, offer, tender”), from Latin tendere (“to stretch, stretch out, extend, spread out”).

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