MEANING
1. To offer or submit something formally.
2. Showing gentleness, warmth, or affection.
3. Easily hurt or painful when touched.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- tender a resignation
- tender an apology
On the page
She tendered her resignation before the committee could vote.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- tender
- Past tense
- tendered
- Past participle
- tendered
- Present participle
- tendering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- tender
- Present continuous
- am/is/are tendering
- Present perfect
- have/has tendered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been tendering
- Past
- tendered
- Past continuous
- was/were tendering
- Past perfect
- had tendered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been tendering
- Future
- will tender
- Future continuous
- will be tendering
- Future perfect
- will have tendered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been tendering
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: tender; tenders; tendered; tendered; tendering Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: tenders.
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