tendency (noun)

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• tendency — ► NOUN (pl. tendencies) 1) an inclination towards a particular characteristic or type of behaviour. 2) a group within a larger political party or movement …   English terms dictionary

• tendency — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ clear, great, marked, pronounced, strong ▪ slight ▪ greater, growing, increased …   Collocations dictionary

• tendency — noun (C) 1 a probability that you will develop, think or behave in a certain way (+ to/towards): Some people may inherit a tendency to alcoholism. | have a tendency to do sth (=often do something and be more likely to do it than other people):… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• tendency — noun (plural cies) Etymology: Medieval Latin tendentia, from Latin tendent , tendens, present participle of tendere Date: 1628 1. a. direction or approach toward a place, object, effect, or limit b. a proneness to a particular kind of thought or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• tendency — noun 1) his tendency to take the law into his own hands Syn: propensity, proclivity, proneness, aptness, likelihood, inclination, disposition, predisposition, bent, leaning, penchant, predilection, susceptibility, liability; readiness; habit …   Thesaurus of popular words

• tendency writing — noun Literature produced in order to promote a cause or serve a rhetorical purpose that the writing itself never makes explicit. These purposes are typically social, political, or moral. See Also: tendency film …   Wiktionary

• tendency — noun a likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward. Denim has a tendency to fade. Syn: inclination, disposition, propensity, penchant, trend …   Wiktionary

• tendency — I noun aptitude, aptness, bearing, bent, bias, character, direction, disposition, facility, gift, gravitation, idiosyncrasy, inclinatio, inclination, instinct, leaning, natural disposition, nature, partiality, penchant, predisposition, prejudice …   Law dictionary

• tendency — noun (plural tendencies) 1》 an inclination towards a particular characteristic or type of behaviour. 2》 a group within a larger political party or movement …   English new terms dictionary

• tendency — noun Syn: inclination, propensity, proclivity, proneness, aptness, likelihood, bent, leaning, liability …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• tendency */*/ — UK [ˈtendənsɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms tendency : singular tendency plural tendencies Get it right: tendency: When a verb comes after tendency, use the pattern tendency to do something (not tendency of doing something ): Wrong: …the… …   English dictionary