tendency
11tendency — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ clear, great, marked, pronounced, strong ▪ slight ▪ greater, growing, increased …
12tendency — n. 1) to demonstrate, display, show a tendency 2) a growing; pronounced; strong; universal tendency 3) homicidal; suicidal; vicious tendencies (for years he has displayed suicidal tendencies) 4) a tendency towards 5) a tendency to + inf. (she has …
13tendency — ten|den|cy [ tendənsi ] noun count ** 1. ) a strong chance that something will happen in a particular way: a tendency (for someone/something) to do something: There s a tendency for a new manager to make changes. have a tendency to do something:… …
14Tendency — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Tendency >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 tendency tendency Sgm: N 1 aptness aptness aptitude Sgm: N 1 proneness proneness proclivity bent turn tone bias set leaning to …
15tendency — 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):… …
16tendency — /ten deuhn see/, n., pl. tendencies. 1. a natural or prevailing disposition to move, proceed, or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or result: the tendency of falling bodies toward the earth. 2. an inclination, bent, or… …
17tendency — 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… …
18tendency — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Disposition to act in a particular way Nouns tendency; aptness, aptitude; proneness, proclivity, predilection, bent, turn, tone, tenor, bias, set, leaning, penchant, [pre]disposition, inclination,… …
19tendency — [[t]te̱ndənsi[/t]] ♦♦♦ tendencies 1) N COUNT: with supp A tendency is a worrying or unpleasant habit or action that keeps occurring. The army has become increasingly restless over the mounting separatist tendencies of the northern republics.… …
20tendency — As it pertains to meteorology, the variation of any parameter with respect to time, especially atmospheric pressure within the last three hours. Tendency as shown on a station model. The barometric tendency (i.e., the change of barometric… …
