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tend(verb)BrE / tend / NAmE / tend / - 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.
- 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.
- Women generally earn less than men.
- Generally speaking, jobs traditionally done by women are paid at a lower rate than those traditionally done by men.
- In general/By and large, women do not earn as much as men.
- Certain jobs, like nursing and cleaning, are still mainly carried out by women.
- Senior management posts are predominantly held by men.
- Most senior management posts tend to be held by men.
- Women are, for the most part, still paid less than men.
- Economic and social factors are, to a large extent, responsible for women being concentrated in low-paid jobs.
- to take a particular direction or often have a particular quality
- His views tend towards the extreme.
- Prices have tended downwards over recent years.
- 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.
- to serve customers in a store, bar, etc.
- He had a job tending bar in San Francisco.
Extra Examples- They helped the farmers tend their cattle.
- We looked out of the window at the well-tended gardens.
- He tended to her every need.
- She lovingly tended her garden.
- well-tended lawns
- When I’m tired, I tend to make mistakes.
Verb Forms- present simple I / you / we / they tend
- he / she / it tends
- past simple tended
- past participle tended
- -ing form tending
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.
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