TENDED TO

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does tended to mean? 

• TENDED TO (adjective)
  The adjective TENDED TO has 1 sense:

1. having a caretaker or other watcher

  Familiarity information: TENDED TO used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TENDED TO (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a caretaker or other watcher

Synonyms:

attended; tended to

Similar:

cared-for (having needed care and attention)

 Context examples 

When the scientists measured urea in the ocean, they found it to be consistently present year-round, and concentrations tended to be higher than those of ammonium and nitrate in the summer.

(Giant kelp switches diet when key nutrient becomes scarce, National Science Foundation)

Those whose health declined most tended to be men and women who already had an underlying condition at the start of the study.

(Middle Age Severely Obese People More Likely to Die Early, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

They found that cold-exposed human stem cell-derived neurons tended to overproduce a byproduct of metabolism known as reactive oxygen species (ROS).

(Researchers develop “hibernation in a dish” to study how animals adapt to the cold, National Institutes of Health)

Identical twins tended to shift their eyes at the same times and in the same direction.

(Children’s visual engagement is heritable and altered in autism, National Institutes of Health)

They found the faster each ostrich ran, the more it tended to flap, with larger wings providing more lift.

(Scientific study suggests dinosaurs flapped their wings as they ran, Wikinews)

Women tended to have slightly worse hangovers than men.

(Wine before beer, or beer before wine? Either way, you’ll be hungover, University of Cambridge)

The researchers also showed that sleep-deficient, atherosclerotic mice that received hypocretin supplementation tended to produce fewer inflammatory cells and develop smaller atherosclerotic lesions when compared to mice that did not get the supplementation.

(Study helps solve mystery of how sleep protects against heart disease, National Institutes of Health)

During its observations of the Pleiades, a clear pattern emerged in the data: More massive stars tended to rotate slowly, while less massive stars tended to rotate rapidly.

(Kepler Watches Stellar Dancers in the Pleiades Cluster, NASA)

She found that people who had more potassium tended to have lower blood pressure regardless of sodium consumption.

(Study: Fruits and Vegetables Can Lower Blood Pressure, VOA)

Class 1 stars, on the other hand, tended to be closer together at around 200 AU and weren't aligned with their 'egg's' axis.

(Our Sun Could Have Been Born With an Evil Twin Called "Nemesis", The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)