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The wind at Candlestick tonight is blowing with great propensity.
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Meaning of "propensity" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PROPENSITY

From Latin prōpensus inclined to, from prōpendēre to propend.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PROPENSITY

propensity  [prəˈpɛnsɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROPENSITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Propensity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROPENSITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Propensity probability

The propensity theory of probability is one interpretation of the concept of probability. Theorists who adopt this interpretation think of probability as a physical propensity, or disposition, or tendency of a given type of physical situation to yield an outcome of a certain kind, or to yield a long run relative frequency of such an outcome. Propensities are not relative frequencies, but purported causes of the observed stable relative frequencies. Propensities are invoked to explain why repeating a certain kind of experiment will generate a given outcome type at a persistent rate. A central aspect of this explanation is the law of large numbers. This law, which is a consequence of the axioms of probability, says that if a coin is tossed repeatedly many times, in such a way that its probability of landing heads is the same on each toss, and the outcomes are probabilistically independent, then the relative frequency of heads will be close to the probability of heads on each single toss. This law suggests that stable long-run frequencies are a manifestation of invariant single-case probabilities.

Definition of propensity in the English dictionary

The definition of propensity in the dictionary is a natural tendency or disposition. Other definition of propensity is partiality.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROPENSITY


aduncity
əˈdʌnsɪtɪ
capacity
kəˈpæsɪtɪ
city
ˈsɪtɪ
complexity
kəmˈplɛksɪtɪ
density
ˈdɛnsɪtɪ
diversity
daɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ
electricity
ɪlɛkˈtrɪsɪtɪ
ethnicity
ɛθˈnɪsɪtɪ
extensity
ɪkˈstɛnsɪtɪ
immensity
ɪˈmɛnsɪtɪ
intensity
ɪnˈtɛnsɪtɪ
neutral-density
ˈnjuːtrəl ˈdensɪtɪ
overintensity
ˌəʊvərɪnˈtɛnsɪtɪ
protensity
prəʊˈtensɪtɪ
simplicity
sɪmˈplɪsɪtɪ
single-density
ˌsɪŋɡəlˈdɛnsɪtɪ
superintensity
ˌsuːpərɪnˈtɛnsɪtɪ
tensity
ˈtɛnsɪtɪ
university
ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ
velocity
vɪˈlɒsɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROPENSITY

propelment
propend
propendent
propene
propenoic acid
propense
propensely
propenseness
propension
propensities
propensive
propenyl
proper
proper class
proper fraction
proper motion
proper name
proper noun
proper psalm
proper subset

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROPENSITY

bone density
charge density
critical density
current density
double density
earthquake intensity
electric flux density
flux density
high-density
luminous intensity
magnetic flux density
neutral density
optical density
packing density
radiant intensity
reflection density
relative density
single density
State university
transmission density
vapour density

Synonyms and antonyms of propensity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PROPENSITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «propensity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of propensity

Translation of «propensity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROPENSITY

Find out the translation of propensity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of propensity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «propensity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

> 倾向
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

propensión
570 millions of speakers

English

propensity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रवृत्ति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الميل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

склонность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

propensão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রবৃত্তি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

propension
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kecenderungan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hang
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

性癖
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경향
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Propensity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xu hướng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முன்னேற்றப் போக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वृत्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

meyil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tendenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skłonność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

схильність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

înclinație
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ροπή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geneigdheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

benägenhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tilbøyelighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of propensity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROPENSITY»

The term «propensity» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.628 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROPENSITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «propensity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «propensity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about propensity

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10 QUOTES WITH «PROPENSITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word propensity.
1
Fisher Ames
The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the ignorant believe to be liberty.
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Jane Austen
Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.
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Marek Belka
Should that worse scenario materialize, then most probably our propensity to increase interest rates will be weaker.
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Tim Berners-Lee
Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream, the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch.
5
Shaun Cassidy
The propensity to do good things is a choice.
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Nicholas A. Christakis
Social media and the Internet haven't changed our capacity for social interaction any more than the Internet has changed our ability to be in love or our basic propensity to violence, because those are such fundamental human attributes.
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David Coleman
Tech executives have historically been owners of significant portions of their companies' stock so there is a propensity for them to diversify as a rule.
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Ron Fairly
The wind at Candlestick tonight is blowing with great propensity.
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Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
Women's propensity to share confidences is universal. We confirm our reality by sharing.
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Benjamin Haydon
There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROPENSITY»

Discover the use of propensity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to propensity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Propensity to Self-subversion
In these twenty essays Albert Hirschman casts his sharp analytical eye on his own ideas, questioning and qualifying some of his major propositions on social change and economic development.
Albert O. Hirschman, 1995
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Propensity Score Analysis: Statistical Methods and Applications
Key Features Presents key information on model derivations Summarizes complex statistical arguments but omits their proofs Links each method found in this book to specific Stata programs and provides empirical examples Guides readers using ...
Shenyang Guo, Mark W. Fraser, 2009
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A Propensity to Protect: Butter, Margarine and the Rise of ...
Heick chronicles how changing attitudes toward butter and margarine reflected the nature of that society.
W. H. Heick, 1991
4
Economic Theory in Retrospect
10. The. propensity. to. consume. Chapter 8 and 9 are devoted to a central, perhaps the central, concept of Keynesian economics, the consumption function. They analyse the factors which determine its form as well as the factors which cause it ...
Mark Blaug, 1997
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Oil and the Propensity to Armed Struggle in the Niger Delta ...
This paper attempts to explain the determinants of the propensity to armed struggle and the probability of participation by individuals in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria using primary (micro) data.
Aderoju Oyefusi, 2007
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The Propensity of Things: Towards a History of Efficacy in China
In this book, his first to appear in English, French sinologist Francois Jullien uses the Chinese concept of shi—meaning disposition or circumstance, power or potential—as a touchstone to explore Chinese culture and to uncover the ...
François Jullien, 1999
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Analysis of Observational Health Care Data Using SAS
22.4. Using. Propensity. Scores. to. Estimate. Treatment. Effects: Stratification. and. Regression. Adjustment. Once the propensity scores are estimated, there are several ways they can be used to control for confounding. These include ...
Douglas E. Faries, Andrew C. Leon, Josep Maria Haro, 2010
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Propensity Score Matching and Policy Impact Analysis: A ...
PSM is an algorithm that matches treated and nonparticipants on the basis of the conditional probability of participation (the propensity score), given the observable characteristics. If outcomes are independent of participation, conditional on ...
Boniface Essama-Nssah, 2006
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Observational Studies
The propensity score is a device for constructing matched sets or strata when x contains many covariates. If the true propensity score were known, both objectives in the previous paragraph would be attained by matching or stratifying on the ...
Paul R. Rosenbaum, 2002
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Foreign Aid-Corruption Nexus in Cambodia: Its Consequences ...
Contemporary Cambodia is most likely best known for two things, aid dependency and corruption.
Sopheada Phy, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROPENSITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term propensity is used in the context of the following news items.
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Flooding relief in works for Columbus residents
“It's significantly larger than what you would normally see for a project of this type because of this area's propensity to collect storm water,” ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»
2
Overeating whilst pregnant 'changes the digestive system making it …
... may even be harmful, as a growing body of evidence indicates that a mother's diet can impact a child's propensity to be obese in later life. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
EXCLUSIVE: What happened inside Vocus when TPG tried to block …
“My wife says I have an amazing propensity of dealing with stuff but I reckon I was pushing it at that point,” Spenceley says. “It would be ... «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»
4
Chicago Cubs Bullpen Needs Evident In Win Over Rox
Epstein has a unique (almost ingenious) propensity for making moves that may not be monumental, but get the job done. According to reports ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
5
Promises and elections
Sir, – Stephen Collins rightly bemoans the propensity of politicians to make unrealistic promises in the run-up to an election (“Has Irish politics ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
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Ancient lizards in amber amaze scientists
So it's not that they don't have the propensity to change, it's just that the structure of the environment has been stable enough that they haven't ... «ABC Science Online, Jul 15»
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Lakeside man robbed, assaulted after hiring woman from Craigslist
... the nature of the allegations in the two St. Louis County files, which demonstrate (his) volatility and increasing propensity for violence.". «Duluth News Tribune, Jul 15»
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Memories in control, Duke Thomas ready for breakout senior year
Whether it was the UCLA game or one of a few other occasions in his career, Thomas has had a propensity for allowing an ill-timed reception. «247Sports, Jul 15»
9
Wolfley on the Rampage & Ask Ed
YOU: I've noticed that the Steelers seem to have a propensity to use high draft picks on players that lack ideal measurables and/or athleticism. «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»
10
What Trump bump
“This year, the effect of including low-propensity voters in primary polls may be especially great because of a certain mega-celebrity who starts ... «Politico, Jul 15»

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