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/tend/ 
| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | tend |
| he/she/it | tends |
| present participle | tending |
| past tense | tended |
| past participle | tended |
- 1[intransitive] to usually do a particular thingtend to do something:
He tends to exaggerate.
The gym tends to get very busy at about six o’clock.
We tend to take technology for granted nowadays.
These arguments tend merely to confuse the reader.
tend not to do something:Religion is personal and I tend not to talk about it.
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