lend

CEFRB1

/ˈlɛnd/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To give something to someone temporarily, expecting it back.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To be suitable or applicable, to fit.

Examples

  • They will lend equipment free of charge.

  • Please lend me your car.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈlend/ ~ /ˈlɛ̝nd/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To make a loan.

  2. To allow to be used by someone temporarily, on condition that it or its equivalent will be returned.

  3. To afford; to grant or furnish in general.

More examples

In context

  • Will you lend me your dictionary?

  • I will only lend you my car if you fill up the tank.

  • Poems do not lend themselves to translation easily.

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Origin

verb

From earlier len (with excrescent -d, as in sound), from Middle English lenen, lænen, from Old English lǣnan (“to lend; give, grant, lease”), from Proto-West Germanic *laihnijan, from Proto-Germanic *laihnijaną (“to loan”), from Proto-Germanic *laihną (“loan”), from Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (“to leave, leave over”). Cognate with Scots len, lend (“to lend”), West Frisian liene (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Dutch lenen (“to lend, borrow, loan”), Danish låne (“to lend, loan”), Swedish låna (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic lána (“to lend, loan”), Icelandic léna (“to grant”), Latin linquō (“quit, leave, forlet”), Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō, “leave, release”). See also loan.