I.
noun (esp. BrE )
ADJECTIVE
▪ highest , lowest
▪ successful
▪ competitive
▪
The contract was put out to competitive ~.
▪ open , private , public
VERB + TENDER
▪ make , put in , submit
▪ invite , put sth out to , seek
▪
The government invited ~s for a project to computerize the social security system.
▪ go out to
▪
The building of the new school will go out to ~.
▪ win
▪ lose
▪ accept
TENDER + NOUN
▪ offer
▪ document
▪ price
PREPOSITION
▪ by ~
▪
The property is to be sold by ~.
II.
verb
Tender is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ resignation
III.
adj.
1 kind and loving
VERBS
▪ be , feel , seem
▪ become
ADVERB
▪ achingly , very
▪
The letters to Penelope are achingly ~.
▪ almost
▪
Her expression became soft, almost ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ towards/toward
▪
He felt ~ and loving towards/toward her.
2 soft and easy to cut/bite
VERBS
▪ be , seem
▪ become
ADVERB
▪ beautifully ( esp. BrE ), deliciously ( esp. BrE ), exceptionally , meltingly , very
▪
This meat is beautifully ~.
▪ just
▪
Boil the potatoes in salted water until just ~.
▪ almost
3 painful when touched
VERBS
▪ be , feel , look
▪
The back of my neck feels very ~.
▪ become
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
Tender is used with these nouns: ↑ age , ↑ beef , ↑ breast , ↑ care , ↑ caress , ↑ chicken , ↑ conscience , ↑ document , ↑ embrace , ↑ feeling , ↑ flesh , ↑ heart , ↑ kiss , ↑ love , ↑ meat , ↑ mercy , ↑ moment , ↑ offer , ↑ shoot , ↑ skin , ↑ spot , ↑ steak , ↑ year