tendency
noun/ˈtendənsi/
(plural tendencies)
Слово англійською: tendency
Переклад tendency українською: тенденція; схильність, прагнення; напрям, ~ to (towards) drinking — схильність до зловживання спиртними напоями, ідея, задум (п'єси тощо); мета, тенденційність, ~ novel — тенденційний роман
Детальний опис
- if somebody/something has a particular tendency, they are likely to behave or act in a particular way
- to display artistic tendencies
- tendency to do something I have a tendency to talk too much when I'm nervous.
- This material has a tendency to shrink when washed.
- tendency for somebody/something to do something There is a tendency for this disease to run in families.
- tendency to/towards something She has a strong natural tendency towards caution.
- a new custom that is starting to develop synonym trend
- tendency (for somebody/something) (to do something) There's a growing tendency for women to marry later.
- tendency to/towards something Industry showed a tendency towards increasingly centralized administration.
- (British English) a group within a larger political group, whose views are more extreme than those of the rest of the group
- a growing separatist tendency within the Anglo-Irish community
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin tendentia, from tendere ‘to stretch’.