tending in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for tending in the English»French Dictionary

I.tend [Brit tɛnd, Am tɛnd] VB trans

tend patient

soigner

tend animals

garder

tend garden

entretenir

tend fire

surveiller

tend stall, store

s'occuper de

II.tend [Brit tɛnd, Am tɛnd] VB intr

1. tend (incline):

to tend to do person, event:

avoir tendance à faire

to tend upwards/downwards

avoir tendance à monter/baisser

to tend towards sth tastes, views:

pencher vers qc

I tend to think that …

j'inclinerais à penser que …

it tends to be the case

c'est en général le cas

things are tending in that direction

les choses vont dans cette direction

to tend the other way

prendre le contrepied

Phrases:

to tend to (look after) patient

soigner

to tend to guests

s'occuper de

to tend to sb's needs

veiller aux besoins de qn

III.-tended COMP

well-tended

bien soigné

carefully-tended

bien entretenu

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we tend to predrink in the flat before heading out

on a tendance à boire chez soi avant de sortir

we tend to predrink in the flat before heading out

on a tendance à se faire un before dans l'appart avant de sortir sl

Translations for tending in the French»English Dictionary

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avoir l'esprit généralisateur

to tend to generalize

être un peu mythomane

to tend to embroider the facts

BCBG

The abbreviation which is a term in its own right denotes a social type and its associated lifestyle, dress code and linguistic mannerisms which tend to reflect conventional bourgeois or upper middle-class values and tastes. It is not usually intended as a compliment.

tomber dans/éviter la facilité

to tend to take/not to take the easy way out

il faut cultiver notre jardin

we must tend our patch

Pompiers

The (sapeurs)-pompiers play a unique role in modern France. To all intents and purposes the equivalent of the emergency services on 999 in Britain or 911 in the US, they are the firemen who turn out when required, but also have teams of highly-trained paramedics who are constantly on call to deal with all manner of emergencies including traffic accidents. Unless there is a crime involved, people tend to call les pompiers on 18.

avoir tendance à faire

to tend to do, to have a tendency to do

il aurait plutôt tendance à croire le contraire

he'd tend to think the opposite

tending in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for tending in the English»French Dictionary

tend¹ [tend] VB intr (be likely)

to tend to +infin

avoir tendance à +infin

to tend to(wards) sth

tendre vers qc

it tends to happen that

il arrive souvent que +subj

I.tend² [tend] (care for) VB trans

tend

s'occuper de

II.tend² [tend] (care for) VB intr

to tend to sth

s'occuper de qc

Translations for tending in the French»English Dictionary

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faire dans la démesure

to tend to the excessive

avoir l'esprit très simplificateur

to tend to oversimplify

tendre vers l'infini

to tend towards infinity

avoir tendance à +infin

to tend to +infin

tendre à +infin

to tend to +infin

tendre vers zéro/l'infini

to tend towards zero/infinity

tending Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to tend to +infin

avoir tendance à +infin

to tend to(wards) sth

tendre vers qc

to tend to sth

s'occuper de qc

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Their work includes running their 200acre km2 dairy farm, pottery, bookbinding, beekeeping and tending the vegetable garden and orchard.

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At a personal level, peaceful behaviors are kind, considerate, respectful, just, and tolerant of others' beliefs and behaviors tending to manifest goodwill.

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Apparently, the prospect launched today is precise: a new group tending to go along the route of modern innovation.

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Probative is a term used in law to signify tending to prove.

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Where are the eyebags from tending a wakeful baby at night?

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The larger 6.35 mm connector tending to be found on fixed location home or professional equipment.

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Women are mainly responsible for pulling and transplanting rice seedlings, harvesting and winnowing rice, tending gardens, making sugar, weaving, and caring for the household money.

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Trade winds bring abundant rains, occasionally heavy, with most of the precipitation tending to fall at night.

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He lived a very simple and natural life, building sculptures on the beach where he lived and tending to his small garden.

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Don't put your bag on the floor or your toilet bag on a bench when you're tending to some impromptu personal hygiene.

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