tends meaning
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US FR tends 
- VerbBFtendPRtendingPT, PPtended
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- If the development continues into the myopization stage, the dominant eye tends to be more myopic and the non-dominant eye is less myopic.
- Although runners tend to be characterized as either rearfoot, midfoot or forefoot strikers, it is likely that most use all three kinds of strikes but in different proportions and contexts.
- The prevailing wisdom today is that any benefits of vertical integration tend to be outweighed by the greater advantages of specializing in a narrow range of vertical activities.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of tends in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "tends" is a verb, more specifically, a verb form.