Tend
verb
Incline toward a particular result or condition.
Plants tend to grow towards the light.
Often appears as...
- tend to agree
- tend to avoid
verb
Take care of or look after.
She tends to her garden every day.
Often appears as...
- tend a garden
- tend the sick
verb
To lead or be directed in a particular direction.
Errors tend to occur when you're not paying attention.
Often appears as...
- tend towards
- tend in the direction of
verb
Regularly or frequently display a particular characteristic or quality.
He tends to keep to himself.
Often appears as...
- tend to be
- tend to get
verb
Incline toward a particular result or condition.
Plants tend to grow towards the light.
Often appears as...
- tend to agree
- tend to avoid
verb
Take care of or look after.
She tends to her garden every day.
Often appears as...
- tend a garden
- tend the sick
verb
To lead or be directed in a particular direction.
Errors tend to occur when you're not paying attention.
Often appears as...
- tend towards
- tend in the direction of
verb
Regularly or frequently display a particular characteristic or quality.
He tends to keep to himself.
Often appears as...
- tend to be
- tend to get
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Pro Tip 1/3Probability Implication
Use 'tend to' to suggest something usually happens but not always guaranteed.
I tend to oversleep on weekends.
Pro Tip 2/3No Commitment
'Tend to' can express a lack of commitment to a strong opinion.
We tend to prefer red wine over white.
Pro Tip 3/3Predictive Context
'Tend to' is often used when predicting outcomes based on a pattern.
Dark clouds tend to mean rain is coming.
Pro Tip 1/3Probability Implication
Use 'tend to' to suggest something usually happens but not always guaranteed.
I tend to oversleep on weekends.
Pro Tip 2/3No Commitment
'Tend to' can express a lack of commitment to a strong opinion.
We tend to prefer red wine over white.
Pro Tip 3/3Predictive Context
'Tend to' is often used when predicting outcomes based on a pattern.
Dark clouds tend to mean rain is coming.
Pro Tip 1/3Probability Implication
Use 'tend to' to suggest something usually happens but not always guaranteed.
I tend to oversleep on weekends.
Pro Tip 2/3No Commitment
'Tend to' can express a lack of commitment to a strong opinion.
We tend to prefer red wine over white.
Pro Tip 3/3Predictive Context
'Tend to' is often used when predicting outcomes based on a pattern.
Dark clouds tend to mean rain is coming.
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Why are some people...
groups that have a relative advantage tend to grow until that advantage disappears. If people were only fighting and competing throughout human evolution, natural selection would lead to more lefties being the ones that made it until there were so many of them, that it was no longer a rare asset. So in a purely competitive world,
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Why don't perpetual...
that didn't violate the first law of thermodynamics, it still wouldn't work in the real world because of the second law. The second law of thermodynamics tells us that energy tends to spread out through processes like friction. Any real machine would have moving parts or interactions with air or liquid molecules
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Your body language may...
So when we think of nonverbals, we think of how we judge others, how they judge us and what the outcomes are. We tend to forget, though, the other audience that's influenced by our nonverbals, and that's ourselves. We are also influenced by our nonverbals, our thoughts and our feelings and our physiology.
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Why is yawning...
can help you do those same actions more accurately. Neuroimaging studies using fMRI, functional magnetic resonance imaging, show us that when we seem someone yawn or even hear their yawn, a specific area of the brain housing these mirror neurons tends to light up,
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Handraising Twin Tiger...
And he tends to have a little bit more of a feisty character than his brother. He is going to be a challenge, I can see it already. See what I mean about being stroppy? Aren't you? Yeah. That's good, you've got spirit. So, this one we're calling Spot.
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Debunking the myths of...
that many of us exhibit from time to time. But the actual disorder is far more rare and can be quite debilitating. People affected have little or no control over their obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors, which tend to be time consuming
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Quiet Kid Learns to Cope...
friends to turn to he says he just snapped I attacked somebody at the mall uh anything your mom five years I have somewhat antisocial tendencies I tend to keep to myself a lot and that helps keep all the anger and I don't unload on a
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Love and hormones PIPE...
imagination the way the brain is built gives women a tremendous asset in the in the modern business world they tend to have executive social skills they can read posture gesture tone of voice they're intuitive they see into your
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Earworms: Those songs...
Songs tend to get stuck when we listen to them recently and repeatedly. If repetition is such a trigger, then perhaps we can blame our earworms on modern technology. The last hundred years have seen an incredible proliferation
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Why do people join...
to financial assets and living arrangements. Cults also demand obedience to human leaders who tend to be highly persuasive people with authoritarian and narcissistic streaks motivated by money, sex, power, or all three.
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Why are some people...
groups that have a relative advantage tend to grow until that advantage disappears. If people were only fighting and competing throughout human evolution, natural selection would lead to more lefties being the ones that made it until there were so many of them, that it was no longer a rare asset. So in a purely competitive world,
Video examples
Why don't perpetual...
that didn't violate the first law of thermodynamics, it still wouldn't work in the real world because of the second law. The second law of thermodynamics tells us that energy tends to spread out through processes like friction. Any real machine would have moving parts or interactions with air or liquid molecules
Video examples
Your body language may...
So when we think of nonverbals, we think of how we judge others, how they judge us and what the outcomes are. We tend to forget, though, the other audience that's influenced by our nonverbals, and that's ourselves. We are also influenced by our nonverbals, our thoughts and our feelings and our physiology.
Video examples
Why is yawning...
can help you do those same actions more accurately. Neuroimaging studies using fMRI, functional magnetic resonance imaging, show us that when we seem someone yawn or even hear their yawn, a specific area of the brain housing these mirror neurons tends to light up,
Video examples
Handraising Twin Tiger...
And he tends to have a little bit more of a feisty character than his brother. He is going to be a challenge, I can see it already. See what I mean about being stroppy? Aren't you? Yeah. That's good, you've got spirit. So, this one we're calling Spot.
Video examples
Debunking the myths of...
that many of us exhibit from time to time. But the actual disorder is far more rare and can be quite debilitating. People affected have little or no control over their obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors, which tend to be time consuming
Video examples
Quiet Kid Learns to Cope...
friends to turn to he says he just snapped I attacked somebody at the mall uh anything your mom five years I have somewhat antisocial tendencies I tend to keep to myself a lot and that helps keep all the anger and I don't unload on a
Video examples
Love and hormones PIPE...
imagination the way the brain is built gives women a tremendous asset in the in the modern business world they tend to have executive social skills they can read posture gesture tone of voice they're intuitive they see into your
Video examples
Earworms: Those songs...
Songs tend to get stuck when we listen to them recently and repeatedly. If repetition is such a trigger, then perhaps we can blame our earworms on modern technology. The last hundred years have seen an incredible proliferation
Video examples
Why do people join...
to financial assets and living arrangements. Cults also demand obedience to human leaders who tend to be highly persuasive people with authoritarian and narcissistic streaks motivated by money, sex, power, or all three.
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Dale Carnegie
American Writer
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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Alice Walker
American Author
People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only some people progress. The rest of the people don't.
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Og Mandino
American Author
One of the things is we tend to give up too soon. We get knocked down a couple of times, and we stay down. It's so important to get back up again.
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Sarah Hay
American Actress
I tend to be... they say 'workaholic,' which I just find to be 'motivated.
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Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
I tend to mean what I say: in life, generally; in recipes, certainly.
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Ron Eldard
American Actor
I tend toward characters who are more lost than found.
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Joe Mantello
American Actor
I tend to go toward things that make me afraid.
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Jason Statham
British Actor
I tend to leave people alone that I admire.
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Fabio Lanzoni
Italian Actor
People tend to complicate things in life.
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Kiesza
Canadian Musician
I tend to obsess over my passions.
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Dale Carnegie
American Writer
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
Quote examples
Alice Walker
American Author
People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only some people progress. The rest of the people don't.
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Og Mandino
American Author
One of the things is we tend to give up too soon. We get knocked down a couple of times, and we stay down. It's so important to get back up again.
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Sarah Hay
American Actress
I tend to be... they say 'workaholic,' which I just find to be 'motivated.
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Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
I tend to mean what I say: in life, generally; in recipes, certainly.
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Ron Eldard
American Actor
I tend toward characters who are more lost than found.
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Joe Mantello
American Actor
I tend to go toward things that make me afraid.
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Jason Statham
British Actor
I tend to leave people alone that I admire.
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Fabio Lanzoni
Italian Actor
People tend to complicate things in life.
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Kiesza
Canadian Musician
I tend to obsess over my passions.
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