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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

lend itself to en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To be suitable for; be amenable to.
    • The belief in a romantic chaos lends itself to pessimism, but it also lends itself to absolute self-assertion. 1916, George Santayana, Egotism in German Philosophy:
    • A secondary protective device used near Greystones consists in the planting of bent grass and sea couch grass to aid reclamation of certain areas. Unfortunately, bent grass lends itself to the formation of dunes, which are very vulnerable. Sea couch grass has proved the best so far. 1952 May, Frank Jeffares, “Irish Railway Coastal Defence”, in Railway Magazine, page 304:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lending itself to Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lent itself to Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lent itself to Tense=Past lexicographic
lends itself to Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (5)

pl pasować (be suitable for) · de sich anbieten für (be suitable for) · nb egne seg til (be suitable for) · ru подходить (be suitable for) · pl odpowiadać (be suitable for)