TENDENCY


Meaning of TENDENCY in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ clear , great , marked , pronounced , strong

▪ slight

▪ greater , growing , increased , increasing

There's a growing ~ for women to marry later.

▪ broad , common , general

▪ inbuilt ( esp. BrE ), inherent , innate , natural , underlying

▪ human

our natural human ~ to group all the things we don't like together

▪ alarming , dangerous , unfortunate , worrying

The later model has an unfortunate ~ to collapse after a few weeks' use.

▪ contradictory

▪ centrifugal

The civil war reinforced the centrifugal tendencies at work within the economy.

▪ aggressive , destructive , homicidal , psychopathic , suicidal , violent

▪ artistic , criminal , etc.

He displayed artistic tendencies at an early age.

▪ homosexual , lesbian

VERB + TENDENCY

▪ have

▪ display , exhibit , reflect , reveal , show

▪ increase , reinforce

▪ curb , reduce

▪ overcome , resist

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ among

a worrying ~ among the abused to become abusers

▪ ~ for

There is a ~ for farm sizes to increase.

▪ ~ on the part of

The ~ on the part of the children is to blame their parents for everything.

▪ ~ towards/toward

Industry showed a ~ towards/toward increasingly centralized administration.

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