tendere — etymological root (Latin)

tendere Latin

# tendere

**Type:** Etymological root
**Language:** Latin
**Slug:** tendere

## Words From This Root
- intentional - done on purpose; deliberate
- contentious - causing or likely to cause disagreement; argumentative
- pretense - a false show or pretext intended to deceive
- pretentious - attempting to impress by affecting greater importance than is warranted
- attendant - a person who attends or serves; accompanying as a consequence
- extendedly - in an extended or prolonged manner
- extense - extended or wide in scope; extensive
- inattentive - not paying attention; heedless or neglectful
- intensification - the act or process of making or becoming more intense
- intension - the internal content or connotation of a concept; intensity of effort
- superintend - to oversee and direct the operation of something
- attender - a person who attends or is present at something
- attentiveness - the quality of paying close attention or being considerately observant
- inattention - lack of attention or notice; failure to concentrate
- intensiveness - the quality of being intensive, concentrated, or thorough
- ostensive - directly demonstrating or pointing out, especially by example
- portend - to be a sign or warning that something, usually momentous, is likely to happen
- pretender - a person who makes a false or disputed claim, especially to a throne
- pretension - a claim or assertion of importance; pretentious display
- pretentiousness - the quality of attempting to impress by affecting greater importance than is real
- reattendance - the act of attending again or being present once more
- tending - the act of caring for or attending to someone or something
- tenseness - the state of being physically or emotionally taut or strained
- unintentionally - without intending to; accidentally

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