I tend to look at the pictures before reading the text.
Source: tatoeba (2082)
Tend
//tɛnd//
Synonyms for "tend" (162 found)
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Closest matches (33)
Strong matches (48)
Related words (81)
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protectprotegeprovide forredound toregardremarkride herd onrub downsaddlesafeguardseesee aftersee toservesetset towardsettleshepherdshieldshow a tendencysinksteersubsidesupervisesupportswayswingtake care oftake charge oftake notetake noticetametend to gotilltraintrendturnuponvaletvergeviewwaitwait onwarpwatchwatch out forwatch overwaterworkwork forwork towardyoke
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More general
6 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
6 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
3 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
Translations
105 translations across 26 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- грижа се verb (to look after)
- клоня verb (to be probable or likely)
- насочен съм verb (to be probable or likely)
- обслужвам verb (to wait upon, attend)
Catalan
1 entries- tendir verb (to be probable or likely)
Cornish
1 entries- truedha verb (to look after)
Czech
1 entries- pást verb (to accompany as an assistant or protector)
Esperanto
4 entries- emi verb (to be probable or likely)
- flegi verb (to look after)
- varti verb (to look after)
- zorgi verb (to look after)
Estonian
1 entries- kippuma verb (to be probable or likely)
Finnish
4 entries- hoitaa verb (to look after)
- huolehtia verb (to look after)
- huolehtia verb (to accompany as an assistant or protector)
- odottaa verb (to await, expect)
French
2 entries- avoir tendance à verb (to be probable or likely)
- traiter de verb (to make a tender of; to offer or tender)
Galician
2 entries- coidar verb (to look after)
- tender verb (to be probable or likely)
German
2 entries- sorgen für verb (to look after)
- tendieren zu verb (to be probable or likely)
Greek
3 entries- ρέπω verb (to be probable or likely)
- τείνω verb (to be probable or likely)
- φροντίζω verb (to look after)
Hebrew
1 entries- נָטָה verb (to be probable or likely)
Hungarian
3 entries- gondoz verb (to look after)
- szokott verb (to be probable or likely)
- ápol verb (to look after)
Ingrian
1 entries- pruukata verb (to be probable or likely)
Italian
4 entries- accendere verb (to kindle, ignite)
- accudire verb (to look after)
- accudire verb (to wait upon, attend)
- appaltare verb (to make a tender of; to offer or tender)
Japanese
1 entries- めんどうをみる verb (to look after)
Māori
4 entries- nānā verb (to look after)
- rauhī verb (to look after)
- taurima verb (to look after)
- tūpore verb (to look after)
Occitan
4 entries- afogar verb (to kindle, ignite)
- alucar verb (to kindle, ignite)
- far una ofèrta verb (to make a tender of; to offer or tender)
- ignir verb (to kindle, ignite)
Portuguese
2 entries- cuidar de verb (to look after)
- tender verb (to be probable or likely)
Romanian
1 entries- avea grijă verb (to look after)
Russian
4 entries- забо́титься verb (to look after)
- име́ть скло́нность verb (to be probable or likely)
- име́ть тенде́нцию verb (to be probable or likely)
- клони́ться verb (to be probable or likely)
Spanish
4 entries- cuidar de verb (to look after)
- estilar verb (to be probable or likely)
- ofrecer verb (to make a tender of; to offer or tender)
- propender verb (to be probable or likely)
Swedish
1 entries- tendera verb (to be probable or likely)
Tocharian B
1 entries- yärp verb (to look after)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ма́ти тенде́нцію verb (to be probable or likely)
- схиля́тися verb (to be probable or likely)
Zazaki
3 entries- tendene verb (to make a tender of; to offer or tender)
- tendene verb (to be probable or likely)
- tendene verb (to look after)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
Bears also tend to sleep more during the day than at night, although in the summer, with twenty-four hours of light, this does not apply.
Source: tatoeba (18081)
In nostalgic moments we may tend to think of childhood as a time of almost unbroken happiness.
Source: tatoeba (18927)
We tend to welcome only proof of what we already know.
Source: tatoeba (20525)
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