Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to subtend
Participle: subtended
Gerund: subtending
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | subtend |
| you | subtend |
| he;she;it | subtends |
| we | subtend |
| you | subtend |
| they | subtend |
Perfect
| I | have subtended |
| you | have subtended |
| he;she;it | has subtended |
| we | have subtended |
| you | have subtended |
| they | have subtended |
Past
| I | subtended |
| you | subtended |
| he;she;it | subtended |
| we | subtended |
| you | subtended |
| they | subtended |
Pluperfect
| I | had subtended |
| you | had subtended |
| he;she;it | had subtended |
| we | had subtended |
| you | had subtended |
| they | had subtended |
Future
| I | will subtend |
| you | will subtend |
| he;she;it | will subtend |
| we | will subtend |
| you | will subtend |
| they | will subtend |
Future Perfect
| 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 |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | subtend |
| you | subtend |
| he;she;it | subtend |
| we | subtend |
| you | subtend |
| they | subtend |
Perfect
| I | have subtended |
| you | have subtended |
| he;she;it | have subtended |
| we | have subtended |
| you | have subtended |
| they | have subtended |
Imperfect
| I | subtended |
| you | subtended |
| he;she;it | subtended |
| we | subtended |
| you | subtended |
| they | subtended |
Pluperfect
| I | had subtended |
| you | had subtended |
| he;she;it | had subtended |
| we | had subtended |
| you | had subtended |
| they | had subtended |
Conditional
Present
| I | would subtend |
| you | would subtend |
| he;she;it | would subtend |
| we | would subtend |
| you | would subtend |
| they | would subtend |
Perfect
| 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 |
Imperative
| you | subtend |
| we | Let's subtend |
| you | subtend |
Verbs conjugated like 'subtend'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'subtend'
obtend,
subceed,
subpena,
subrent,
subvene,
subvent,
suspend,
abend,
atend,
attend,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin subtendere, from sub (“under”) + tendere (“to stretch, extend”), itself a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ὑποτείνω (hupoteínō, “to subtend”), from which hypotenuse also derives. See tend.
Sample Sentences
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A 43° angle subtends an arc of about 0.75 meters on a circle with a radius of 1 meter.
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A hypotenuse subtends the right angle of a right triangle.
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An arc measuring about 0.75 meters on a circle with a radius of 1 meter subtends an angle of about 43°.
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[…] trillions of bacteria, each equally an individual, which are found in a person’s gut, his mouth, his scalp, his skin and all of the crevices and orifices that subtend from his body’s surface. [2012 August 16, “Me, myself, us”, in The Economist, issue:]
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The points A and B on the circumference form the arc AB, which subtends the central angle θ.