Tendency
noun
A way something normally behaves or develops.
There is a tendency for people to eat more during the winter.
Often appears as...
- a tendency to
- a tendency towards
noun
An inclination towards a particular type of behaviour.
He has a tendency to speak too quickly when he is nervous.
Often appears as...
- a tendency to
- a strong tendency
noun
A way something normally behaves or develops.
There is a tendency for people to eat more during the winter.
Often appears as...
- a tendency to
- a tendency towards
noun
An inclination towards a particular type of behaviour.
He has a tendency to speak too quickly when he is nervous.
Often appears as...
- a tendency to
- a strong tendency
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3General Behavior
Used to indicate common patterns in actions or events, rather than specific instances.
There's a tendency for stocks to dip midweek.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Certainty
'Tendency' suggests a likelihood but not a guarantee that something will happen.
There is a tendency for exams to be harder than expected, but it's not always the case.
Pro Tip 3/3Impersonal Forces
Often used to describe impersonal or societal trends, not just individual behaviors.
There's a tendency for technology to become obsolete quickly.
Pro Tip 1/3General Behavior
Used to indicate common patterns in actions or events, rather than specific instances.
There's a tendency for stocks to dip midweek.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Certainty
'Tendency' suggests a likelihood but not a guarantee that something will happen.
There is a tendency for exams to be harder than expected, but it's not always the case.
Pro Tip 3/3Impersonal Forces
Often used to describe impersonal or societal trends, not just individual behaviors.
There's a tendency for technology to become obsolete quickly.
Pro Tip 1/3General Behavior
Used to indicate common patterns in actions or events, rather than specific instances.
There's a tendency for stocks to dip midweek.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Certainty
'Tendency' suggests a likelihood but not a guarantee that something will happen.
There is a tendency for exams to be harder than expected, but it's not always the case.
Pro Tip 3/3Impersonal Forces
Often used to describe impersonal or societal trends, not just individual behaviors.
There's a tendency for technology to become obsolete quickly.
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Why we make bad...
what will you look like, how much hair will you have, who will you be living with. Once we have all the details of that imaginary scenario, suddenly we feel like it might be important to save so that that guy has a little retirement money. But these are tricks around the margins. I think in general you're battling a very fundamental human tendency,
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Why we need to talk...
every 30 seconds, somewhere, someone in the world takes their own life because of depression, and it might be two blocks away, it might be two countries away, it might be two continents away, but it's happening, and it's happening every single day. And we have a tendency, as a society,
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Hans Rosling: Debunking...
But it's a nice tendency. It's as if the world is flattening off, isn't it? These countries are lifting more than the economy, and it will be very interesting to follow this over the year, as I would like you to be able to do with all the publicly funded data. Thank you very much.
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The habits of happiness...
Likewise, if you look at the thought of anger, it will vanish like frost under the morning sun. If you do this again and again, the propensity, the tendencies for anger to arise again will be less and less each time you dissolve it. And, at the end, although it may rise,
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Debunking the myths of...
may be examples of obsessive or compulsive tendencies that many of us exhibit from time to time. But the actual disorder is far more rare and can be quite debilitating. People affected have little or no control over their obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors,
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Film Star Animals PIPE Vets...
work on them as an unknown face would be unwise they still have wild tendencies they're not tame or domesticated they're only trained yeah and so you you just have to be able to understand how they think no touch Troy also trains mountain
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Quiet Kid Learns to Cope...
snapped I attacked somebody at the mall uh anything your mom five years I have somewhat antisocial tendencies I tend to keep to myself a lot and that helps keep all the anger and I don't unload on a lot of people so it was more of ice
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Time is memory and you...
expanded in time so there's a tendency almost complete agreement that we as humans want more time there's never enough time but I don't think it's just time that we want instead we long to lead a full life now what I want to
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The history of our world...
the second law of thermodynamics, or the law of entropy. What that says basically is that the general tendency of the universe is to move from order and structure to lack of order, lack of structure -- in fact, to mush.
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How to Raise Successful...
When we raise kids this way, and I'll say we, because Lord knows, in raising my two teenagers, I've had these tendencies myself, our kids end up leading a kind of checklisted childhood.
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Why we make bad...
what will you look like, how much hair will you have, who will you be living with. Once we have all the details of that imaginary scenario, suddenly we feel like it might be important to save so that that guy has a little retirement money. But these are tricks around the margins. I think in general you're battling a very fundamental human tendency,
Video examples
Why we need to talk...
every 30 seconds, somewhere, someone in the world takes their own life because of depression, and it might be two blocks away, it might be two countries away, it might be two continents away, but it's happening, and it's happening every single day. And we have a tendency, as a society,
Video examples
Hans Rosling: Debunking...
But it's a nice tendency. It's as if the world is flattening off, isn't it? These countries are lifting more than the economy, and it will be very interesting to follow this over the year, as I would like you to be able to do with all the publicly funded data. Thank you very much.
Video examples
The habits of happiness...
Likewise, if you look at the thought of anger, it will vanish like frost under the morning sun. If you do this again and again, the propensity, the tendencies for anger to arise again will be less and less each time you dissolve it. And, at the end, although it may rise,
Video examples
Debunking the myths of...
may be examples of obsessive or compulsive tendencies that many of us exhibit from time to time. But the actual disorder is far more rare and can be quite debilitating. People affected have little or no control over their obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors,
Video examples
Film Star Animals PIPE Vets...
work on them as an unknown face would be unwise they still have wild tendencies they're not tame or domesticated they're only trained yeah and so you you just have to be able to understand how they think no touch Troy also trains mountain
Video examples
Quiet Kid Learns to Cope...
snapped I attacked somebody at the mall uh anything your mom five years I have somewhat antisocial tendencies I tend to keep to myself a lot and that helps keep all the anger and I don't unload on a lot of people so it was more of ice
Video examples
Time is memory and you...
expanded in time so there's a tendency almost complete agreement that we as humans want more time there's never enough time but I don't think it's just time that we want instead we long to lead a full life now what I want to
Video examples
The history of our world...
the second law of thermodynamics, or the law of entropy. What that says basically is that the general tendency of the universe is to move from order and structure to lack of order, lack of structure -- in fact, to mush.
Video examples
How to Raise Successful...
When we raise kids this way, and I'll say we, because Lord knows, in raising my two teenagers, I've had these tendencies myself, our kids end up leading a kind of checklisted childhood.
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Michelle Obama
American First Lady
The issues a president faces are not black and white, and cannot be boiled down into 140 characters. Because when you have the nuclear codes at your fingertips and the military at your command, you can't make snap decisions. You can't have a thin skin or the tendency to lash out.
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Christopher Nolan
British Director
I try not to have actors in mind when I write because the tendency then is to be influenced by either their last performance or your favourite of their performances.
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
A man is more frank and sincere with his emotions than a woman. We girls, I'm afraid, have a tendency to hide our feelings.
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French Philosopher
To discover and know has always been a deep tendency of our nature. Can we not recognize it already in caveman?
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Ernest Hemingway
American Novelist
I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?
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P. J. Harvey
British Musician
People have a tendency to see country life through rose-colored glasses.
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Sasha Roiz
Israeli Actor
I have this tendency to play these horrible, horrible characters.
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Donald Rumsfeld
American Politician
Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
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John Pinette
I have a tendency to be larger than life.
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R. Buckminster Fuller
American Inventor
Truth is a tendency.
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Michelle Obama
American First Lady
The issues a president faces are not black and white, and cannot be boiled down into 140 characters. Because when you have the nuclear codes at your fingertips and the military at your command, you can't make snap decisions. You can't have a thin skin or the tendency to lash out.
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Christopher Nolan
British Director
I try not to have actors in mind when I write because the tendency then is to be influenced by either their last performance or your favourite of their performances.
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
A man is more frank and sincere with his emotions than a woman. We girls, I'm afraid, have a tendency to hide our feelings.
Quote examples
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French Philosopher
To discover and know has always been a deep tendency of our nature. Can we not recognize it already in caveman?
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Ernest Hemingway
American Novelist
I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I'm awake, you know?
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P. J. Harvey
British Musician
People have a tendency to see country life through rose-colored glasses.
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Sasha Roiz
Israeli Actor
I have this tendency to play these horrible, horrible characters.
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Donald Rumsfeld
American Politician
Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
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John Pinette
I have a tendency to be larger than life.
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R. Buckminster Fuller
American Inventor
Truth is a tendency.
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