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English

Pronunciation

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Noun

  1. a likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.
  2. : Denim has a tendency to fade.


Translations

  • Arabic:
  • Chinese: 趨勢, 趋势 (qūshì)
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|sklon|m}}
  • Dutch: {{t-|nl|neiging|f}}
  • Finnish: taipumus, suunta
  • French: {{t+|fr|tendance|f}}
  • German: Tendenz (not often used in this sense, one would rather use a verb such as "zu (...) neigen" or tendieren)
  • Hungarian:

Synonyms


Category:1000 English basic words

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tendency \Tend"en*cy\, n.; pl. Tendencies. [L. tendents,
-entis, p. pr. of tendere: cf. F. tendance. See Tend to
move.]
Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or
result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about
an effect or result.
[1913 Webster]

Writings of this kind, if conducted with candor, have a
more particular tendency to the good of their country.
--Addison.
[1913 Webster]

In every experimental science, there is a tendency
toward perfection. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]

Syn: Disposition; inclination; proneness; drift; scope; aim.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet tendency
n 1: an attitude of mind especially one that favors one
alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give
up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" [syn: inclination,
disposition]
2: an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward
frivolity" [syn: leaning, propensity]
3: a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward
a certain condition or character or effect; "the alkaline
inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency
to shrink" [syn: inclination]
4: a general direction in which something tends to move; "the
shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the
stock market" [syn: trend]
Moby Dictionary
affinity , aim , an ear for , an eye for , animus , aptitude , aptness ,
azimuth , bag , bearing , bent , bias , body-build , brand , capacity for ,
cast , chance , character , characteristic , characteristics ,
chosen kind , complexion , composition , constituents , constitution ,
course , crasis , cup of tea , current , curve , custom , dharma ,
diathesis , direction , direction line , disposition , drift , druthers ,
eccentricity , ethos , expectation , fair expectation , fancy , favor ,
favorable prospect , felicity , fiber , flair , frame , genius ,
genius for , gift for , good chance , grain , habit , heading ,
helmsmanship , hue , humor , humors , idiosyncrasy , ilk , inclination ,
inclining , individualism , innate aptitude , kidney , kind , lay ,
leaning , liability , lie , likelihood , likeliness , line ,
line of direction , line of march , make , makeup , mental set , mettle ,
mind , mind-set , mold , movement , nature , navigation , odds ,
orientation , outlook , partiality , particular choice , penchant ,
personal choice , physique , piloting , point , predilection ,
predisposition , preference , prejudice , prepossession , presumption ,
presumptive evidence , probabilism , probability , proclivity ,
proneness , propensity , property , prospect , quality , quarter , range ,
readiness , reasonable ground , reasonable hope , run , set , shift ,
slant , somatotype , sort , spirit , stamp , steerage , steering , strain ,
streak , stripe , style , suchness , susceptibility , system , taste ,
temper , temperament , tenor , thing , tone , track , trend , turn ,
turn for , turn of mind , twist , type , usage , vein , verisimilitude ,
warp , way , well-grounded hope


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