/tend/
Translation
To usually do something or be likely to do it; also to look after a person, animal, or place.
Word origin
From Latin tendere, meaning to stretch or aim; the caring sense is a shortened form of attend.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- tendere
- English cognates
- attend, tension
Grammar
Examples
, .
"Tend to" means you usually do something.
.
Here it means this usually happens.
.
"Tend" can also mean to look after animals, plants, or people.
Used in
Grammar articles
(4)Advanced articles in English: the zero article, the with names and places, and go to school vs go to the school
Both, either and neither in English: the two-of-something words, agreement traps, and Me neither
Past continuous tense: was and were plus -ing, and when to use it instead of the past simple
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
Add to review queue
Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.
Go to my review queueThis word is part of lesson 56.