"tend" meaning in English

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          "text": "The streets are very confusing in Tokyo and people tend to get lost."
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          "text": "A clearly typed paper does tend to get a better mark."
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          "text": "If we can't understand something, we tend to ignore it."
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          "text": "Of course, millions of dollars in targeted advertising does tend to increase sales."
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        "If something tends to be true, it is often or usually true."
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        "If you tend something, you watch and take care of it."
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        "If you tend bar, you work at a bar selling drinks."
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          "text": "The price of gold has tended upward for about three years."
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        "If you tend something, you watch and take care of it."
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        "If x tends towards y, x is usually y."
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