Definition of tent
1 : a collapsible shelter of fabric (such as nylon or canvas) stretched and sustained by poles and used for camping outdoors or as a temporary building
2 : dwelling
3a : something that resembles a tent or that serves as a shelter; especially : a canopy or enclosure placed over the head and shoulders to retain vapors or oxygen being medically administeredb : the web of a tent caterpillar
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Examples of tent in a Sentence
a huge tent was erected for the outdoor wedding reception
Recent Examples of tent from the Web
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Most of the Africans dotted across the asphalt in tents or sprawled on mattresses in the enervating heat of a Roman summer have no permission to be there either.
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Rosecrans will have tent camping and RV areas available from Aug. 19 to Aug. 21, for $40 to $50 per night.
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Statesman staff Registration for races is in front of the Capitol building; kids race registration is located next to Armstrong’s tent.
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Rooms/tents book five months in advance; check for cancellations.
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Tickets are sold on site at the Homearama entrance tent.
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There also will be a children's tent for young readers, a bookmobile with Spanish-language literature, and book, food, and commercial vendors.
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Lauri Johnson, of Bel Air, and her sons, Brian, 20, and Tony, 6, were among the people who sought shelter under Waid's family tent.
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Festival staples such as live music from 17 bands, Sunday's car show, opening and closing night's fireworks displays, the carnival and bingo tent are main attractions.
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Origin and Etymology of tent
Middle English tente, from Anglo-French, from Latin tenta, feminine of tentus, past participle of tendere to stretch — more at thin
Recent Examples of tent from the Web
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Outside, two tented stages will provide three days of musical performances.
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The design is suspended 30 feet above ground and features tented structures atop a mesh platform.
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One morning this week, Markowski watched workers hoeing the rich soil between rows of tobacco beneath acres of tenting on his family's West Suffield farm.
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Like Top Gear, the car segments are filmed around the world, along with the addition of audience segments, thanks to the show's mobile tented studio.
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The 37,000-acre spread will open its sixth tented camp, North Bank Camp, on the Blackfoot River this month.
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Carlsbad police arrested a 34-year-old Escondido man Thursday in connection with a burglary involving a man who donned a white suit and respirator and spent 40 minutes inside a home tented for termites.
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Shinde is one of Botswana’s iconic luxury tented camps, refurbished in 2015 and located on the edge of the permanent waters of the Okavango Delta.
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Stop 2: Sal Salis, Ningaloo Reef Mornings at Sal Salis, a luxury tented camp on the edge of Ningaloo Reef, are like being in a psychedelic dreamscape.
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First Known Use of tent
circa 1608
tent
Definition of tent
chiefly Scotland
transitive verb
: to attend to
Recent Examples of tent from the Web
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Outside, two tented stages will provide three days of musical performances.
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The design is suspended 30 feet above ground and features tented structures atop a mesh platform.
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One morning this week, Markowski watched workers hoeing the rich soil between rows of tobacco beneath acres of tenting on his family's West Suffield farm.
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Like Top Gear, the car segments are filmed around the world, along with the addition of audience segments, thanks to the show's mobile tented studio.
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The 37,000-acre spread will open its sixth tented camp, North Bank Camp, on the Blackfoot River this month.
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Carlsbad police arrested a 34-year-old Escondido man Thursday in connection with a burglary involving a man who donned a white suit and respirator and spent 40 minutes inside a home tented for termites.
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Shinde is one of Botswana’s iconic luxury tented camps, refurbished in 2015 and located on the edge of the permanent waters of the Okavango Delta.
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Stop 2: Sal Salis, Ningaloo Reef Mornings at Sal Salis, a luxury tented camp on the edge of Ningaloo Reef, are like being in a psychedelic dreamscape.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tent.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Origin and Etymology of tent
Middle English, from tent attention, short for attent, from Anglo-French atente, from atendre to attend
TENT Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of tent for English Language Learners
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: a portable shelter that is used outdoors, is made of cloth (such as canvas or nylon), and is held up with poles and ropes
TENT Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of tent for Students
: a portable shelter (as of canvas) stretched and supported by poles
Word Root of tent
The Latin word tendere, meaning to “stretch” or “to spread,” and its form tentus give us the roots tend, tent, and tens. Words from the Latin tendere have something to do with stretching or spreading. A tent is a temporary shelter made from stretched out fabric. To distend is to stretch outward and swell in all directions. To extend is to stretch out. A tendon is a cord that connects a muscle to another muscle or to a bone and that stretches allowing a joint to bend. Something tense is stretched tight.
Medical Dictionary
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playMedical Definition of tent
: a canopy or enclosure placed over the head and shoulders to retain vapors or oxygen during medical administration
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