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[ English

[ Pronunciation

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[ Noun

Singular tendency

Plural tendencies

tendency (plural tendencies)

1. a likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.

   Denim has a tendency to fade.

[ Translations

likelihood of behaving in a particular way

Arabic: ميل (méil) Chinese: 趨勢, 趋势 (qūshì) Czech: sklon cs(cs) m. Dutch: neiging nl(nl) f. Finnish: taipumus, suunta French: tendance fr(fr) f. German: Tendenz f. (not often used in this sense, one would rather use a verb such as "zu (...) neigen" or tendieren) Hungarian: irány hu(hu)

Italian: tendenza it(it) f. Japanese: 傾向 (けいこう, keikō) Korean: 경향 (gyeonghyang) Norwegian: tendens no(no) m. Polish: tendencja f. Portuguese: tendência pt(pt) f. Russian: тенденция (tendéntsija) f. Spanish: tendencia es(es) f. Swedish: tendens (in terms of trends), benägenhet

[ Synonyms

• trend
• inclination
• disposition
• propensity