Tendency

Definition

tend 1 /tend/ v ၁။ ဂ႐ုစိုက္သည္။ ေစာင့္ေရွာက္သည္။ ထိန္းေက်ာင္း သည္။ nurses tending (the wounds of) the injured ❍ shepherds tending their sheep. ၂။ ( US ) ဆိုင္ထိုင္သည္။ tend the store ❍ tend bar. tend 2 /tend/ v ၁။ …ေလ့ရိွသည္။ I tend to go to bed earlier during the winter. ❍ We tend to think of this as a modern problem, but it has existed for centuries. ❍ Women tend to live longer than men. ❍ Recent laws have tended to restrict the freedom of the press. ❍ It tends to rain here a lot in the summer. ၂။ ~ to/towards sth ၫႊတ္သည္။ ယိမ္းသည္။ He tends towards extreme views. ❏ tendency /'tendǝnsi/ n ၁။ ~ (to/towards sth)/ (to do sth) ယိမ္းယိုင္မႈ။ ျဖစ္တတ္မႈ။ a tendency to fat/towards fatness/to get fat ❍ have/show homicidal tendencies. ၂။ …လိုျခင္း။ …လိုဟန္ရိွျခင္း။ Prices continue to show an upward tendency (ie to increase).

Examples

1. [tend to do something] : He tends to exaggerate.
2. The gym tends to get very busy at about six o’clock.
3. We tend to take technology for granted nowadays.
4. These arguments tend merely to confuse the reader.
5. [tend not to do something] : Religion is personal and I tend not to talk about it.
6. [tend towards] : Her study found that sociologists tended towards liberalism and radicalism.
7. Eddie kept himself busy tending the garden.
8. Doctors were tending the wounded.
9. [tend to] : I have to tend to the children before I go out.
10. [tend towards/upwards/downwards] : Housing prices have tended upwards.
11. I think they will tend towards stricter controls.