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   tend

   /tɛnd/

   verb

   • 1. regularly or frequently behave in a particular way or have a certain characteristic: "written language tends to be formal" Similar be inclinedbe aptbe disposedbe pronebe liablehave/show a tendencybe likelyhave a propensity
   • ▪ be liable to possess or display (a particular characteristic): "Walter tended towards corpulence" Similar inclineleanswingveergravitatebe drawnmovefavourshow a preference forbe biasedtrend
   • ▪ go or move in a particular direction: "fire is hot and tends upwards"
   • ▪ (of a variable) approach a given quantity as a limit: "the orbit tends to infinity"

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

   Scrabble Points: 5

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