Related Words for tend

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run
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Verb, Verb
lean
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Verb, Verb
incline
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Verb, Verb
tendency
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Noun
seemed
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Verb
prefer
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Verb
generally
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Adverb
gravitate
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Verb
typically
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Adverb
usually
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Adverb
often
/x
Adverb
want
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Verb
invariably
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Adverb
appear
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Verb
strive
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Verb
normally
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Adverb
would
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Verb, Noun
might
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Noun
loath
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Adjective
should
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Verb, Noun
reluctant
x/x
Adjective
habitually
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Adverb
likely
/x
Adjective
intend
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Verb
come
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Verb
rather
/x
Adverb
sometimes
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Adverb
encourage
x/x
Verb
predominate
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Verb
must
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Verb, Noun
presume
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Verb
forget
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Verb
continue
x/x
Verb
choose
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Verb
rarely
/x
Adverb
expect
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Verb
allow
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Verb
fail
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Verb
tempted
/x
Verb
eschew
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Verb
forced
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Verb
need
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Noun
always
/x
Adverb
seek
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Verb
require
x/x
Verb
fixate
/x
Verb
seldom
/x
Adverb
inevitably
x/xxx
Adverb
frequently
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Adverb
ascribe
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Verb
routinely
x/x
Adverb
refuse
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Noun
contend
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Verb
emphasize
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Verb
ordinarily
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Adverb
equate
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Verb
loathe
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Verb
differ
/x
Verb
insist
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Verb
compelled
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Verb
overlook
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Verb
prone
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Adjective
dominate
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Verb
exaggerate
x/xx
Verb
able
/x
Adjective
ignore
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Verb
naturally
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Adverb
ought
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Verb, Noun, Adverb
think
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Verb
disinclined
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Verb
predisposed
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Verb
shun
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Noun
occasionally
x/xxx
Adverb
relate
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Verb
mostly
/x
Adverb
supposed
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Verb
like
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Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
diverge
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Verb
decide
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Verb
allude
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Verb
have
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Verb
hesitant
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Adjective
rely
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Verb
assume
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Verb
suggest
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Verb
hesitate
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Verb
fluctuate
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Verb
refer
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Verb
employ
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Verb
obliged
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Verb
commonly
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Adverb
converge
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Noun
probably
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Adverb
begin
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Verb
conspire
x/x
Verb
argue
/x
Verb
accumulate
x/xx
Verb
attract
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Verb
obsess
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Verb
dare
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Verb
necessarily
xx/xx
Adverb
opted
/x
Verb
induce
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Verb
bother
/x
Verb
skew
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Noun
cannot
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Adjective
therefore
/x
Adverb
outnumber
x/x
Verb
pretend
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Verb
wanna
/x
Noun
conversely
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Adverb
consequently
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Adverb
manage
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Verb
understandably
xx/xx
Adverb
suck
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Noun
they
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Noun
defer
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Verb
deviate
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Verb
revolve
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Verb
could
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Verb, Noun
typify
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Verb
going
/x
Verb
perceive
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Verb
vary
/x
Verb
wander
/x
Verb
indicate
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Verb
remain
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Verb
attempting
x/x
Verb
generalize
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Verb
stipulate
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Verb
speak
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Verb
liken
/x
Verb
specialize
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Verb
reflect
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Verb
harder
/x
Adjective
overemphasize
/x/xx
Verb
linger
/x
Noun
overreact
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Verb
congregate
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Noun, Verb
concentrate
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Noun
concede
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Verb
simply
/x
Adverb
threaten
/x
Verb
stick
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Noun
proliferate
x/xx
Verb
suffer
/x
Verb
also
/x
Adverb
complain
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Verb
eager
/x
Adjective
tender
/x
Noun
proffer
/x
Noun
covenant
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Noun
lay down the law
//x/
Phrase, Verb
entreat
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Verb
lend
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Verb
portend
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Verb
offer
/x
Noun
bind
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Noun
take to court
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Phrase, Verb
summon
/x
Verb
hold forth
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Phrase, Verb
convey
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Verb
bequeath
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Verb
yield
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Noun
enter into
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Phrase, Verb
court
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Noun
take
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Verb
determine
x/x
Verb
attorney
x/x
Noun
tense
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Noun
treat
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Verb
accord
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Noun
overestimate
xx/xx
Verb
shy
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Verb
underestimate
/x/xx
Verb
aggregate
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Verb
obscure
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Verb
blur
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Verb
aim
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Noun, Verb
apt
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Adjective, Noun
are
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Noun
aspire
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Verb
attention
x/x
Noun
baby
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bar
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
befriend
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Verb
care
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Noun, Verb
chores
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Noun
cultivate
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Verb
disarm
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Verb, Noun
do
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Verb, Noun, Adverb
envisage
x/x
Verb
fire
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
fix
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Verb, Noun
fuel
/x
Noun, Verb
furnace
/x
Noun, Verb
garden
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
give
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Verb, Noun
habit
/x
Noun, Verb
help
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Verb, Noun
leave
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Verb, Noun
mend
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Verb, Noun
mind
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Noun, Verb
move
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Verb, Noun
nurse
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Noun, Verb
orientation
xxx/x
Noun
oversee
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Verb
rule
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Noun, Verb
sentinel
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Noun, Verb
serve
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Verb, Noun
sheep
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Noun
shepherd
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Noun, Verb
stir
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Verb, Noun
stoke
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Name, Verb
store
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Noun, Verb
take kindly to
//x/
Phrase, Verb
tilt
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Noun, Verb
to
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Adverb, Noun
trend
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Noun, Verb
watch
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Verb, Noun
get
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Verb, Noun
tell
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Verb, Noun
save
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Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
off
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
die
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Verb, Noun
backwater
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Noun, Verb
sorta
/x
Adverb
headlines
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Noun
anymore
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Adverb