tendency

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noun

1. an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others (Freq. 11)
- he had an inclination to give up too easily
- a tendency to be too strict
• Syn:
inclination, disposition
• Derivationally related forms:
tendentious, tendencious, tend, dispose (for: disposition), incline (for: inclination)
• Hypernyms:
attitude, mental attitude
• Hyponyms:
direction, drift, trend, movement, Call,
denominationalism, devices, sympathy, understanding, favoritism, favouritism,
proclivity, propensity, leaning, bent, set, literalism,
perseveration, predisposition, favor, favour, disfavor, disfavour,
dislike, disapproval, partiality, partisanship, impartiality, nonpartisanship
2. an inclination to do something (Freq. 6)
- he felt leanings toward frivolity
• Syn:
leaning, propensity
• Derivationally related forms:
tend
• Hypernyms:
inclination
3. a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect (Freq. 5)
- the alkaline inclination of the local waters
- fabric with a tendency to shrink
• Syn:
inclination
• Derivationally related forms:
incline (for: inclination)
• Hypernyms:
disposition
• Hyponyms:
heterosis, hybrid vigor, buoyancy, electronegativity, negativity,
stainability, desire
4. a general direction in which something tends to move
- the shoreward tendency of the current
- the trend of the stock market
• Syn:
trend
• Hypernyms:
direction, way

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  trend, inclination, leaning, propensity, disposition