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Meanings of tending in English
Synonyms
Examples for "given"
Examples for "given"
1
Bankers believe swing days could become increasingly common given uncertain market conditions.
2
The real question, however, is whether a given herbal product actually works.
3
State police, the Yobe government and others have all given different figures.
4
However, a recent BMJ Case Report has given me pause for thought.
5
Great emphasis has been given to their possible benefits for cardiovascular health.
1
However sensible its starting point, the idea rankled civil-liberty and privacy-minded groups.
2
I would be minded, therefore, to support your proposed sunset clause amendments.
3
In his first year, Obama carried out the plan with single-minded determination.
4
Commission officials were separately briefing that Brussels is minded to help Ireland.
5
She certainly hadn't minded yesterday, but that wasn't a fair test, either.
1
However, current sentiment in the market is very well-disposed towards telecommunications groups.
2
The matter is too grave to be disposed of in half-a-dozen paragraphs.
3
The FORMIDABLE was the first to be disposed of in the fight.
4
They found the lady at home and quite disposed to receive them.
5
The peasantry in general were but little disposed to counsel a wayfarer.
1
And you thought apt-get was the best way to get new software.
2
And mark my words: Kennedy is apt to try it, and soon.
3
And it's an apt description of the property market at the moment.
4
And the new medium is especially apt for an unprecedented campaign cycle.
5
Sudden changes in temperature are apt to induce illness in the delicate.
Usage of tending in English
1
Mrs Hodge said: Local authorities are tending to cope with funding reductions.
2
Logan was working day and night then, building houses and tending bar.
3
Perhaps my true worth may be measured in the tending of you.
4
A few others were inside the room, feeding and tending the children.
5
There is here in the subject no antecedent feeling tending to morality.
6
But nothing had been found tending to implicate him in the crime.
7
He was certainly tending towards the more Christian elements in his surroundings.
8
Don't forget to say hi to Kevin Fitzgerald, if he's tending bar.
9
We broke up the door and took turns again tending the fire.
10
The sacristan stood beside him, tending to the incense and holy water.
11
The footsteps of the murderer were visible, out-doors, tending toward the window.
12
Need of raw material was the motive tending towards agreement with Russia.
13
She had thrown herself with devotion into the tending of the poor.
14
I spent a morning tending severe sun-burns with liberal applications of liniment.
15
I may have other personal reasons also, tending to the same conclusion.
16
There was a flurry of activity among the priests tending the instruments.
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Tending through the time
Tending across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common