tendency (English)

Etymology

Ultimately from the Latin tendere / tendo#Latin|tendō.

Pronunciation

  • en-us-tendency.ogg

    • Noun

    tendenc|ies

    a likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.

  • Denim has a tendency to fade.

    • Translations

    likelihood of behaving in a particular way

  • Arabiska - ميل
  • Arabiska - نزعة
  • Katalanska - tendència
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 趨勢|sc=Hani, - 趋势|tr=qūshì|sc=Hani
  • Tjeckiska - sklon
    • , tendence
  • Holländska - neiging
  • Esperanto - emo, - inklino, - tendenco
  • Finska - taipumus
    • , suunta
  • Franska - tendance
  • Tyska - Tendenz
    • (not often used in this sense, one would rather use a verb such as "zu (...) neigen" or tendieren)
  • Haitian_Creole - tandans
  • Hebrew - נטיה|f|tr=netiya
  • Hindiska - प्रवृत्ति
  • Ungerska - irány
  • Italienska - tendenza
  • Japanska - 傾向
  • Koreanska - 경향
  • Norska - tendens
  • Polska - tendencja
  • Portugisiska - tendência
  • Rumänska - tendință
    • , înclinație
  • Ryska - тенденция
  • Spanska - tendencia
  • Svenska - tendens
    • , trend, benägenhet

    Synonyms

  • inclination
  • disposition
  • propensity
  • penchant
  • trend
    • simple:tendency

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