tend
- (Old-English) To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
- To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning.
- (intransitive) To contribute to or toward some outcome.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/tɛnd/
Etymology
In summary
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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