tend

English

/tɛnd/

verb
Definitions
  • (legal) 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 habit or leaning.
  • (intransitive) To contribute to or toward some outcome.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *tenden derived from Old French tendre (stretch out, hold forth, offer, tender, stretch) derived from Latin tendere (extend, stretch, spread out, stretch out) root from Proto-Indo-European *tend- (stretch, extend).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*tend-

Gloss

stretch, extend

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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