Tend I Tended People Tending Verb Women Live

• women tend to live longer than men.
• people tend to be happier if they are in a long-term relationship.
• when i'm tired, i tend to make mistakes.
• it tends to get very cold here in the winter.

tend

Verb Forms

1. to be likely to do something or to happen in a particular way because this is what often or usually happens
• Women tend to live longer than men.
• People tend to be happier if they are in a long-term relationship.
• When I'm tired, I tend to make mistakes.
• It tends to get very cold here in the winter.
• People tend to think that the problem will never affect them.
• I tend to agree with many of the points you make.
• I tend to focus on dance, but acting and singing are equally important to me.
• Large class size will tend to increase the use of the lecture.
2. to take a particular direction or often have a particular quality
• His views tend towards the extreme.
• Prices have tended downwards over recent years.
3. to care for somebody/something
• a shepherd tending his sheep
• Doctors and nurses tended the injured.
• well-tended gardens
• Ambulance crews were tending to the injured.

Extra Examples

• They helped the farmers tend their cattle.
• She lovingly tended her garden.
• He tended to her every need.
4. to serve customers in a store, bar, etc.
• He had a job tending bar in San Francisco.

Word Origin

• senses 1 to 2 Middle English (in the sense ‘move or be inclined to move in a certain direction’): from Old French tendre ‘stretch, tend’, from Latin tendere.