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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2377 COCA: 3040

tendency

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
tendency /ˈtɛndənsi/ noun
plural tendencies
tendency
/ˈtɛndənsi/
noun
plural tendencies
Learner's definition of TENDENCY
[count]
1 
: a quality that makes something likely to happen or that makes someone likely to think or behave in a particular way倾向；脾性；性情
2 
: a way of behaving, proceeding, etc., that is developing and becoming more common趋势；趋向
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2377 COCA: 3040

tendency

noun

ten·​den·​cy ˈten-dən(t)-sē How to pronounce tendency (audio)
plural tendencies
1
a
: a proneness to a particular kind of thought or action
b
: direction or approach toward a place, object, effect, or limit
2
a
: the purposeful trend of something written or said : aim
b
: deliberate but indirect advocacy

Synonyms

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tendency, trend, drift, tenor, current mean movement in a particular direction.

tendency implies an inclination sometimes amounting to an impelling force.

a general tendency toward inflation

trend applies to the general direction maintained by a winding or irregular course.

the long-term trend of the stock market is upward

drift may apply to a tendency determined by external forces

the drift of the population away from large cities

or it may apply to an underlying or obscure trend of meaning or discourse.

got the drift of her argument

tenor stresses a clearly perceptible direction and a continuous, undeviating course.

the tenor of the times

current implies a clearly defined but not necessarily unalterable course.

an encounter that changed the current of my life

Example Sentences

The economy has shown a general tendency toward inflation. a tendency to drop things
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Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Medieval Latin tendentia, noun derivative of Latin tendent-, tendens, present participle of tendere "to extend outward, stretch, spread out, direct (one's course), aim (at a purpose)" (Medieval Latin, "to lead toward, move in a particular direction") — more at tender entry 3

First Known Use

1628, in the meaning defined at sense 1b

Time Traveler
The first known use of tendency was in 1628

Phrases Containing tendency
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2377 COCA: 3040
tendency

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + TENDENCY | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤clear, great, marked, pronounced, strong明顯的傾向；顯著的趨勢；強烈的趨向▸➤slight些許傾向▸➤greater, growing, increased, increasing更強烈的趨勢；越來越強烈的傾向◇There's a growing tendency for women to marry later.女性越來越傾向於晚婚。➤broad, common, general廣泛的趨勢；普遍的傾向；大趨勢▸➤inbuilt, inherent, innate, natural, underlying內在的傾向；固有的稟性；自然傾向；潛在脾性▸➤human人類傾向◇our natural human tendency to group all the things we don't like together把我們不喜歡的東西歸在一起的人類自然傾向➤alarming, dangerous, unfortunate, worrying令人恐慌的傾向；危險的趨勢；不利傾向；令人憂慮的趨勢◇The later model has an unfortunate tendency to collapse after a few weeks' use.後一型號用不了幾個星期就有易於崩潰的壞毛病。➤contradictory矛盾的傾向▸➤centrifugal離心的傾向◇The civil war reinforced the centrifugal tendencies at work within the economy.內戰加劇了經濟領域的離心傾向。➤aggressive, destructive, homicidal, psychopathic, suicidal, violent侵略／破壞／殺人／病態／自殺／暴力傾向▸➤artistic, criminal, etc.藝術氣質、犯罪傾向等◇He displayed artistic tendencies at an early age.他小時候就顯示出了藝術氣質。➤homosexual, lesbian同性戀／女同性戀傾向VERB + TENDENCY➤have有傾向▸➤display, exhibit, reflect, reveal, show顯示傾向；反映趨勢；揭示趨勢；顯露趨勢▸➤increase, reinforce強化／加劇趨勢▸➤curb, reduce抑制趨勢；減弱傾向▸➤overcome, resist克服／抵制傾向PREPOSITION➤tendency among⋯之中的傾向◇a worrying tendency among the abused to become abusers受虐者變為施虐者這一令人擔憂的傾向➤tendency for⋯的傾向◇There is a tendency for farm sizes to increase.農場規模有擴大的傾向。➤tendency on the part of⋯表現出的傾向◇The tendency on the part of the children is to blame their parents for everything.子女一方往往事事都怪父母。➤tendency towards/toward朝⋯的趨勢◇Industry showed a tendency towards / toward increasingly centralized administration.工業領域顯示出日益集中化管理的趨勢。

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