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SUBTEND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subtend mean? 

SUBTEND (verb)
  The verb SUBTEND has 1 sense:

1. be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometryplay

  Familiarity information: SUBTEND used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SUBTEND (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they subtend  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it subtends  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: subtended  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: subtended  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: subtending  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

delimit; subtend

Hypernyms (to "subtend" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something


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