Tendency Definition

tĕndən-sē
tendencies
noun
tendencies
A characteristic likelihood.
Fabric that has a tendency to wrinkle.
American Heritage
An inclination to move or act in a particular direction or way; constant disposition to some action or state; leaning; bias; propensity; bent.
Webster's New World
A course or apparent course toward some purpose, object, or result; drift.
Webster's New World
A definite purpose or point of view in something said or written.
Webster's New World
Movement or prevailing movement in a given direction.
Observed the tendency of the wind; the shoreward tendency of the current.
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Other Word Forms of Tendency

Noun

Singular:
tendency
Plural:
tendencies

Origin of Tendency

  • Medieval Latin tendentia from Latin tendēns tendent- present participle of tendere to tend tend1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Ultimately from the Latin tendere / tendō.

    From Wiktionary

Tendency Sentence Examples

  • I didn't particularly want to but I've always had a tendency to please.

  • I can't picture him fighting or picking on anyone, but if I closely consider the signs, I can see his tendency to take advantage of others, if only in a self-serving way.

  • Bordeaux was a persuasive man with a tendency to move fast - apparently not only with women.

  • One of Helen's old habits, that is strongest and hardest to correct, is a tendency to break things.

  • In the skeleton the second and third toes are distinctly more slender than the fourth, showing a tendency towards the character so marked in the following families.

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Words Starting With

TTETEN

Words Ending With

YCYNCY

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