tend
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Middle English tenden, from Old English tendan (“to kindle, set on fire”) (usually in compounds ātendan, fortendan, ontendan), from Proto-Germanic *tandijaną (“to kindle”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Danish tænde (“to kindle”), Swedish tända (“to kindle”), Gothic (tandjan, “to kindle”), Icelandic tendra (“to ignite”), German zünden (“to light, ignite, fire”). Related to tinder.
Alternative forms [edit]
Verb [edit]
tend (third-person singular simple present tends, present participle tending, simple past and past participle tended)
Derived terms [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Middle English *tenden, from Old French tendre (“to stretch, stretch out, hold forth, offer, tender”), from Latin tendere (“to strech, stretch out, extend, spread out”).
Verb [edit]
tend (third-person singular simple present tends, present participle tending, simple past and past participle tended)
- To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
- (followed by a to infinitive) To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain characteristic. [from the mid-14th c.]
- They tend to go out on Saturdays.
- It tends to snow here in winter.
Usage notes [edit]
- In sense 2. this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive.
- See Appendix:English catenative verbs
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Etymology 3 [edit]
From Middle English tenden, by apheresis of attenden (“to attend”). More at attend.
Verb [edit]
tend (third-person singular simple present tends, present participle tending, simple past and past participle tended)
- (with to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.) [from the early 14th c.]
- We need to tend to the garden, which is such a mess.
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External links [edit]
- tend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- tend in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- tend at OneLook Dictionary Search
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Albanian [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Albanian *tend-, from Proto-Indo-European *ten-d- 'to distend; draw, strech (out)'. Cognate to Latin tendo (“to strech (out), strain”). Present dendë with assimilation of the anlaut.
Verb [edit]
tend (indefinite plural dendë)
Derived terms [edit]
French [edit]
Verb [edit]
tend
- third-person singular present indicative of tendre
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- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
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- English verbs
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- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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