tendere — etymological root (Latin) | The Missing Workbook

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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Words from this root (24)

intentional C2+

/ɪnˈtɛnʃənəl/ done on purpose; deliberate M S

contentious C2+

/kənˈtɛnʃəs/ causing or likely to cause disagreement; argumentative M S

/ˈpritɛns/ a false show or pretext intended to deceive M S

pretentious C2+

/prɪˈtɛnʃəs/ attempting to impress by affecting greater importance than is warranted M S

/əˈtɛndənt/ a person who attends or serves; accompanying as a consequence M S

/ɪkˈstɛndɪdli/ in an extended or prolonged manner M S

/ɪkˈstɛns/ extended or wide in scope; extensive M S

inattentive C2+

/ˌɪnəˈtɛntɪv/ not paying attention; heedless or neglectful M S

intensification C2+

/ɪnˌtɛnsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ the act or process of making or becoming more intense M S

/ɪnˈtɛnʃən/ the internal content or connotation of a concept; intensity of effort M S

superintend C2+

/ˌsupɚɪnˈtɛnd/ to oversee and direct the operation of something M S

/əˈtɛndɚ/ a person who attends or is present at something M S

attentiveness C2+

/əˈtɛntɪvnəs/ the quality of paying close attention or being considerately observant M S

inattention C2+

/ˌɪnəˈtɛnʃən/ lack of attention or notice; failure to concentrate M S

intensiveness C2+

/ɪnˈtɛnsɪvnəs/ the quality of being intensive, concentrated, or thorough M S

/ɑˈstɛnsɪv/ directly demonstrating or pointing out, especially by example M S

/pɔrˈtɛnd/ to be a sign or warning that something, usually momentous, is likely to happen M S

/prɪˈtɛndɚ/ a person who makes a false or disputed claim, especially to a throne M S

/prɪˈtɛnʃən/ a claim or assertion of importance; pretentious display M S

pretentiousness C2+

/prɪˈtɛnʃəsnəs/ the quality of attempting to impress by affecting greater importance than is real M S

reattendance C2+

/ˌriəˈtɛndəns/ the act of attending again or being present once more M S

/ˈtɛndɪŋ/ the act of caring for or attending to someone or something M S

/ˈtɛnsnəs/ the state of being physically or emotionally taut or strained M S

unintentionally C2+

/ˌʌnɪnˈtɛnʃənəli/ without intending to; accidentally M S