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A general direction in which something tends to move
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tendency
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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. ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Tendency or tendencies may refer to: Bleeding tendency , an unusual susceptibility to bleeding Central tendency , a central or typical value for a probability distribution Multi-tendency , a type of political organization structure Seasonal tendencies , ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES suicidal tendencies (= behaviour that showed she wanted to kill herself ) ▪ For many years before treatment, Clare had suicidal tendencies . COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE aggressive ▪ More than half of those worst ...
Usage examples of tendency.
Like all other forms of drug addiction, the tendency is to have to light up more often, which merely perpetuates the process.
It is sometimes administered in scarlet and typhus fevers, and in all diseases in which there is a tendency to putrescence.
But remember that when the ship is under acceleration, there will be a tendency to favor the aftward direction due to deflection.
He had a tendency to jumble one topic in with another as things occurred to him, and a good deal of it was profane, but Alec managed to sift out enough to set his mind at rest by the time they drew alongside the sleek hull of the Grampus.
If anonymity does fuel the tendency to mouth off, then one preventative strategy would be to decrease anonymity.
Felicite acquired from her experience of provincial life, an understanding of money, and that strong tendency to administrative wisdom which enables the provinces to hold their own under the ascensional movement of capital towards Paris.
I feel, however, that in view of the expansion and the growing importance of the administrative sphere of the Cause, the general sentiments and tendencies prevailing among the friends, and the signs of increasing interdependence among the National Spiritual Assemblies throughout the world, the assembled accredited representatives of the American believers should exercise not only the vital and responsible right of electing the National Assembly, but should also fulfill the functions of an enlightened, consultative and cooperative body that will enrich the experience, enhance the prestige, support the authority, and assist the deliberations of the National Spiritual Assembly.
Despite their tendency to underplay their status by not wearing their asterisk, most wizards get annoyed with anyone who pretends to be a wizard.
Romania and Anatolia, so often torn asunder by private ambition, were animated by a strong and invincible tendency of cohesion.
I complained about his tendency to weigh his story down with vast wads of bafflegab and infodump and strain for vaguely poetic sound bites.
Mrs Biggs was even more alarming and seemed to indicate schizophrenia with sadomasochistic tendencies.
Associated with this size increase is the tendency to be bipedal rather than quadrupedal.
He was evidently proud of his unfaltering prowess and, when met with encouragement, waxed gleeful and openly suggestive on the subject of his abilities, especially when a young, winsome maid caught his eye and he gave himself over to his boastful tendencies.
At that moment the Boban tendency wanted to lay all its cards on the table and openly stand out against Bosnian independence -- and thus in favour of dividing the country-but had to hold back because Croatia was in an exceedingly delicate situation.
Bradshaw expected naturally to see a youth of imperfect constitution, and cachectic or dyspeptic tendencies, who was in training to furnish one of those biographies beginning with the statement that, from his infancy, the subject of it showed no inclination for boyish amusements, and so on, until he dies out, for the simple reason that there was not enough of him to live.