| query | If something t____ to happen, it usually happens or it often happens.If something tends to happen, it usually happens or it often happens. A problem for manufacturers is that lighter cars tend to be noisy. In older age groups women predominate because men tend to die younger. They tend to buy cheap processed foods like canned chicken and macaroni. |
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| word | tend |
| full-definition | verb If something tends to happen, it usually happens or it often happens. A problem for manufacturers is that lighter cars tend to be noisy. In older age groups women predominate because men tend to die younger. They tend to buy cheap processed foods like canned chicken and macaroni. If you tend towards a particular characteristic, you often display that characteristic. Artistic and intellectual people allegedly tend towards left-wing views. You can say that you tend to think something when you want to give your opinion, but do not want it to seem too forceful or definite . I tend to think that Members of Parliament by and large do a good job. If you tend someone or something, you do what is necessary to keep them in a good condition or to improve their condition. For years he tended her in her painful illness. He tends the flower beds and evergreens that he has planted in the driveway. If you tend to someone or something, you pay attention to them and deal with their problems and needs . In our culture, girls are brought up to tend to the needs of others. She hurried away to pour more coffee and tend to the grill. |
| inflections | tendstendingtended |
| cefr-level | B1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b1
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