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My tutors at drama school commended and criticised my use of comedy in my acting for a long time at drama school. They said I had a tendency to somehow perform the most tragic of scenes in a slightly flippant way.
John Bradley-West

Meaning of "tendency" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TENDENCY

From Medieval Latin tendentia, from Latin tendere to tend1.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TENDENCY

tendency  [ˈtɛndənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TENDENCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tendency 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 TENDENCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tendency

Tendency may refer to: In film: ▪ Tendency film, a name given to the socially conscious, left-leaning films produced in Japan during the 1920s and 1930s In finance: ▪ Tendency of the rate of profit to fall, a hypothesis in economics and political economy, generally accepted in the 19th century, but rejected by mainstream economists today ▪ Seasonal tendencies In medicine: ▪ Bleeding tendency In music: ▪ Suicidal Tendencies, a hardcore/crossover thrash band that was founded in Venice, Los Angeles, California, in 1981 by the leader and only permanent member, singer Mike Muir ▪ Suicidal Tendencies, the eponymous debut album by the American hardcore punk band Suicidal Tendencies ▪ "Tendencies", a song by Hollywood Undead on the 2011 album American Tragedy In politics, it is often used by far left-wing groups for an organized unit or political faction ▪ Multi-tendency, when used in regards to a political organization, especially a left-wing...

Definition of tendency in the English dictionary

The first definition of tendency in the dictionary is an inclination, predisposition, propensity, or leaning. Other definition of tendency is the general course, purport, or drift of something, esp a written work. Tendency is also a faction, esp one within a political party.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TENDENCY


abundancy
əˈbʌndənsɪ
ascendancy
əˈsɛndənsɪ
ascendency
əˈsɛndənsɪ
attendancy
əˈtɛndənsɪ
co-dependency
ˌkəʊdɪˈpɛndənsɪ
correspondency
ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndənsɪ
countertendency
ˈkaʊntəˌtendənsɪ
dependancy
dɪˈpɛndənsɪ
dependency
dɪˈpɛndənsɪ
despondency
dɪˈspɒndənsɪ
impendency
ɪmˈpendənsɪ
independency
ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənsɪ
intendancy
ɪnˈtɛndənsɪ
interdependency
ˌɪntədɪˈpɛndənsɪ
pendency
ˈpɛndənsɪ
redundancy
rɪˈdʌndənsɪ
resplendency
rɪˈsplɛndənsɪ
respondency
rɪˈspɒndənsɪ
superintendency
ˌsuːpərɪnˈtɛndənsɪ
transcendency
trænˈsɛndənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TENDENCY

tendencially
tendencies
tendencious
tendenciously
tendenciousness
tendential
tendentially
tendentious
tendentiously
tendentiousness
tender
tender loving care
tender offer
tenderable
tenderer
tenderfoot
tenderhearted
tenderheartedly
tenderheartedness
tendering

WORDS THAT END LIKE TENDENCY

agency
ardency
bearish tendency
cadency
central tendency
co-presidency
coincidency
confidency
decadency
high-dependency
impudency
Militant Tendency
precedency
presidency
pudency
residency
revolving presidency
Ross Dependency
stridency
subsidency
vice-presidency

Synonyms and antonyms of tendency in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TENDENCY»

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

Translation of «tendency» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TENDENCY

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

Translator English - Chinese

倾向
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tendencia
570 millions of speakers

English

tendency
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रवृत्ति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مَيْل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тенденция
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tendência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রবণতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tendance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kecenderungan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tendenz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

傾向
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경향
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cenderung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xu hướng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रवृत्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

eğilim
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tendenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tendencja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тенденція
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

înclinație
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τάση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

neiging
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

benägenhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tendens
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tendency

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TENDENCY»

The term «tendency» is very widely used and occupies the 12.105 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TENDENCY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tendency» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tendency» 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 tendency

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10 QUOTES WITH «TENDENCY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tendency.
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Hiam Abbass
My tendency in life is to like movies that deal with heavy stuff, but it's my nature.
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Gillian Anderson
I have a tendency to go through my life at full speed and as a one-man band, and so I don't generally stop and take in other people enough to develop many relationships. I'm starting to regret that a bit. I want to change it.
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Francis Arinze
There is a tendency around the world today to copy TV culture. And that is not always a virtue.
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Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair
I think the market should reward banks that have been transparent in recognising their problems. I think the tendency of banks to hide the problem assets over a period of three or four years should not be allowed.
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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.
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John Bolton
Politicians, like generals, have a tendency to fight the last war.
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John Bradley-West
My tutors at drama school commended and criticised my use of comedy in my acting for a long time at drama school. They said I had a tendency to somehow perform the most tragic of scenes in a slightly flippant way.
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Hjalmar Branting
We here in the North have for many years had a natural tendency to feel that when our representatives come together at an international meeting, we embark on the quest of mutual understanding and support.
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Marc Chagall
The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep.
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Jack L. Chalker
First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything physically for their money.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TENDENCY»

Discover the use of tendency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tendency and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Certain Tendency of the Hollywood Cinema, 1930-1980
This book examines the ideology of the most enduring most popular cinema in the world--the Hollywood movie.
Robert Beverley Ray, 1985
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The British New Wave: A Certain Tendency?
This book offers an opportunity to reconsider the films of the British New Wave in the light of forty years of heated debate.
B. F. Taylor, 2006
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The Theological Tendency of Codex Bezae Cantebrigiensis in Acts
An investigation into to what extent textual variants in the New Testament were caused by dogmatic interference with the text.
Eldon Jay Epp, 2005
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Broken Bounds: Contemporary Reflections on the Antisocial ...
In 2009-2010, The Squiggle Foundation, whose aim is to stimulate interest in the work of Donald Winnicott, organized a series of lectures on the theme of "the antisocial tendency".
Christopher Reeves, 2012
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Afraid to Believe in Free Will: The Human Tendency to Avoid ...
This book recommends the sometimes difficult path of honoring our free will by forgoing excuses. When we recognize and take responsibility for our choices, we can enjoy the optimism that comes with personal empowerment.
Carl E. Begley, 2010
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Business Statistics: Contemporary Decision Making
This chapter presents such statistical measures, including measures of central tendency, measures of variability, and measures of shape. The computation of these measures is different for ungrouped and grouped data. Hence we present ...
Ken Black, 2009
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Quantitative Techniques for Managerial Decisions
CHAPTER. 3. MEASURES. OF. CENTRAL. TENDENCY. AND. LOCATION. Arithmetic Mean: Weighted Average: Shortcut Formula for Arithmetic Mean. Geometric Mean. Harmonic Mean. The Median. The Mode. Partition Values— Quartiles.
U. K. Srivastava, G. V. Shenoy, S. C. Sharma, 1989
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Biology's First Law: The Tendency for Diversity and ...
Intended for evolutionary biologists, paleontologists, and other scientists studying complex systems, and written in a concise and engaging format that speaks to students and interdisciplinary practitioners alike, this book will also find ...
Daniel W. McShea, Robert N. Brandon, 2010
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Facilitating Emotional Change: The Moment-by-moment Process
THE GROWTH TENDENCY In addition to the importance of emotion schemes in the creation of human experience, we also see the organism as possessing a growth tendency and regard this ever-present developmental tendency as ...
Leslie S. Greenberg, Laura N. Rice, Robert Elliott, 1996
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Observations on the nature and tendency of the doctrine of ...
Rlr. Hume seems to think, that there ij a tendency in the mind, tq pass uniformly from cause to effect, or from effect to cause, and not uniformly from resembling objects to each other : but there is no such peculiar tendency, as is supr posed ; the ...
Thomas Brown, 1806

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TENDENCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tendency is used in the context of the following news items.
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Successors to Militant Tendency back Jeremy Corbyn in Labour …
A statement on the Socialist Party website said: 'The Socialist Party (formerly the Militant Tendency) wishes Jeremy Corbyn well in the Labour leadership ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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A few words on Obergefell and the countermajoritarian tendency
A great deal of electronic ink has been spilled, already, about the Obergefell decision, and I hesitate to add more noise to what is already a very noisy debate. «Washington Post, Jun 15»
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Carolyn Hax: Favoritism has tendency to fragment family ties
Adapted from a recent online discussion. Dear Carolyn: Carolyn Hax started her advice column in 1997, after five years as a copy editor and news editor in Style ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
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UnionPay International Issues Report of 2015 Outbound Tourism …
SHANGHAI, June 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- UnionPay International issued the Report of 2015 Outbound Tourism Tendency of Summer Vacation on June 24, ... «PR Newswire, Jun 15»
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Jake Gyllenhaal has 'tendency to cry on planes'
I have a tendency to cry on planes in general no matter what's happening, I don't know what it is. I think it's the altitude." The 34-year-old hunk admitted there was ... «Mississauga, Jun 15»
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This personality trait predicts your tendency to lie and cheat
The personality trait is called the "Honesty-Humility" factor, and generally refers to your tendency to be fair in dealing with others and your willingness to stop ... «Business Insider, Jun 15»
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LOOK: Michigan's Jim Harbaugh has a tendency to look insane
Jim Harbaugh being wacky is not single-handedly keeping the United States economy afloat. The man is a gift that keeps on giving and giving and giving then ... «CBSSports.com, Jun 15»
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Left Turn: Former Militant Tendency Boss Hatton Rejoins Labour
The Militant Tendency leading light Derek Hatton has rejoined the Labour Party. The former councillor was expelled from Labour in the mid-1980s after he was ... «Breitbart News, May 15»
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America's Tendency to Transform Athletes into Villians: Johnny …
In today's world, information can be shared in a matter of seconds and while the ability to report important news to citizens of America is beneficial in many ways, ... «Huffington Post, May 15»
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USDOLLAR Index Exhibiting Tendency of a Bearish Market
The US Dollar may have enjoyed a modest rebound over the past week, but there's sufficient evidence to deem that the greenback is engaged in a bearish ... «DailyFX, May 15»

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