{
    "term": "tend",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "tend",
            "heSheIt": "tends"
        },
        "pastSimple": "tended",
        "pastParticiple": "tended",
        "ingForm": "tending"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to be likely to do something or to happen in a particular way because this is what often or usually happens",
            "sensetop": "tend to do something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Women tend to live longer than men."
                },
                {
                    "text": "People tend to be happier if they are in a long-term relationship."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When I'm tired, I tend to make mistakes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It tends to get very cold here in the winter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "People **tend to think** that the problem will never affect them."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **tend to agree** with many of the points you make."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **tend to focus** on dance, but acting and singing are equally important to me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Large class size will tend to increase the use of the lecture."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to take a particular direction or often have a particular quality",
            "sensetop": "tend (to/towards something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His views tend towards the extreme."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Prices have tended downwards over recent years."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to care for somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "tend somebody/somethingtend to somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a shepherd tending his sheep",
                    "contextForm": "tend somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Doctors and nurses tended the injured."
                },
                {
                    "text": "well-tended gardens"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ambulance crews were tending to the injured.",
                    "contextForm": "tend to somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They helped the farmers tend their cattle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She lovingly tended her garden."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He tended to her every need."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["carefully", "lovingly"],
                "preposition": ["to"],
                "phrases": ["well-tended"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to serve customers in a store, bar, etc.",
            "sensetop": "tend something",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He had a job **tending bar** in San Francisco."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tend/",
                "audio": "te/tend/tend__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tendz/",
                "audio": "te/tend/tends__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtendɪd/",
                "audio": "te/tend/tended__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtendɪŋ/",
                "audio": "te/tend/tending__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tend/",
                "audio": "te/tend/tend__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tendz/",
                "audio": "te/tend/tends__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtendɪd/",
                "audio": "te/tend/tended__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtendɪŋ/",
                "audio": "te/tend/tending__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "senses 1 to 2 Middle English (in the sense ‘move or be inclined to move in a certain direction’): from Old French tendre ‘stretch, tend’, from Latin tendere.senses 3 to 4 Middle English: shortening of attend."
}