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SUBTEND
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Dictionary entry overview: What does subtend mean?
• SUBTEND (verb)
The verb SUBTEND has 1 sense:
1. be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry
Familiarity information: SUBTEND used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they subtend ... he / she / it subtends
Past simple: subtended
Past participle: subtended
-ing form: subtending
... he / she / it subtends Past simple: subtended
Past participle: subtended
-ing form: subtending
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
delimit; subtend
Hypernyms (to "subtend" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
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