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SUBTEND
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they subtend ... he / she / it subtends
Past simple: subtended
-ing form: subtending
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry
Synonyms:
delimit; subtend
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
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