tend
US /tɛnd/
Definition
have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Sales tend to rise sharply during the holiday season every year.
Word Family
Synonyms
- inclinean elevated geological formation
- leancontaining little fat; slender and fit
- gravitatemove toward
Collocations
- Easy tend to agreeto tend to agree, meaning to have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- Medium sales tend to drop during the rainy seasondescribing sales tend to drop during the rainy season (income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time)
- Hard tend carefully to investor relations amid turbulenceto tend carefully to investor relations amid turbulence, meaning to have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
- Very Hard tend one's own garden rather than meddling in feudsto tend one's own garden rather than meddling in feuds, meaning to have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.