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sub·tend
(səb-tĕnd′)tr.v. sub·tend·ed, sub·tend·ing, sub·tends
1. Mathematics To be opposite to and delimit: The side of a triangle subtends the opposite angle.
2. To underlie so as to enclose or surround: flowers subtended by leafy bracts.
[Latin subtendere, to extend underneath : sub-, sub- + tendere, to extend; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]
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subtend
(səbˈtɛnd)vb (tr)
1. (Mathematics) geometry to be opposite to and delimit (an angle or side)
2. (Botany) (of a bract, stem, etc) to have (a bud or similar part) growing in its axil
3. to mark off
4. to underlie; be inherent in
[C16: from Latin subtendere to extend beneath, from sub- + tendere to stretch out]
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sub•tend
(səbˈtɛnd, sʌb-)v.t.
1. Geom. to extend under or be opposite to: a chord subtending an arc.
2. (of a leaf, bract, etc.) to occur beneath or close to.
3. to form or mark the outline or boundary of.
[1560–70; < Latin subtendere to stretch beneath =sub- sub- + tendere to stretch]
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subtend
Past participle: subtended
Gerund: subtending
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| subtend |
| subtend |
| Present |
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| I subtend |
| you subtend |
| he/she/it subtends |
| we subtend |
| you subtend |
| they subtend |
| Preterite |
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| I subtended |
| you subtended |
| he/she/it subtended |
| we subtended |
| you subtended |
| they subtended |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am subtending |
| you are subtending |
| he/she/it is subtending |
| we are subtending |
| you are subtending |
| they are subtending |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have subtended |
| you have subtended |
| he/she/it has subtended |
| we have subtended |
| you have subtended |
| they have subtended |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was subtending |
| you were subtending |
| he/she/it was subtending |
| we were subtending |
| you were subtending |
| they were subtending |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had subtended |
| you had subtended |
| he/she/it had subtended |
| we had subtended |
| you had subtended |
| they had subtended |
| Future |
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| I will subtend |
| you will subtend |
| he/she/it will subtend |
| we will subtend |
| you will subtend |
| they will subtend |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have subtended |
| you will have subtended |
| he/she/it will have subtended |
| we will have subtended |
| you will have subtended |
| they will have subtended |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be subtending |
| you will be subtending |
| he/she/it will be subtending |
| we will be subtending |
| you will be subtending |
| they will be subtending |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been subtending |
| you have been subtending |
| he/she/it has been subtending |
| we have been subtending |
| you have been subtending |
| they have been subtending |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been subtending |
| you will have been subtending |
| he/she/it will have been subtending |
| we will have been subtending |
| you will have been subtending |
| they will have been subtending |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been subtending |
| you had been subtending |
| he/she/it had been subtending |
| we had been subtending |
| you had been subtending |
| they had been subtending |
| Conditional |
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| I would subtend |
| you would subtend |
| he/she/it would subtend |
| we would subtend |
| you would subtend |
| they would subtend |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have subtended |
| you would have subtended |
| he/she/it would have subtended |
| we would have subtended |
| you would have subtended |
| they would have subtended |
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Verb 1. subtend - be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry
be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
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Translations
subtend
vt → gegenüberliegen (+dat)
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