Tendency

//ˈtɛn.dən.si//

Synonyms for "tendency" (182 found)

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Closest matches (37)

Strong matches (54)

Noun(1 words)
leaning

Related words (91)

Noun(1 words)
penchant

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

6 entries

Synonyms

7 entries

derived

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derived from

1 entries

distinct from

1 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

2 entries

related to

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Translations

86 translations across 55 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • tendencë noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Arabic

2 entries
  • مَيْل noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • نَزَعَة noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Armenian

2 entries
  • միտում noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • տենդենցիա noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • meyil noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • tendensiya noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • нахі́льнасць noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • схі́льнасць noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • тэндэ́нцыя noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • скло́нност noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • тенде́нция noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Catalan

1 entries
  • tendència noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 傾向 /倾向 noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 傾向 /倾向 noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 傾向 /倾向 noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • 趨勢 /趋势 noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Czech

2 entries
  • sklon noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • tendence noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Danish

1 entries
  • tendens noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Dutch

1 entries
  • neiging noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • emo noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • inklino noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • tendenco noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Estonian

1 entries
  • tendents noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Finnish

1 entries
  • taipumus noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

French

1 entries
  • tendance noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მიდრეკილება noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • ტენდენცია noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

German

1 entries
  • Tendenz noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Greek

2 entries
  • ροπή noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • τάση noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • tandans noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • נטייה \ נְטִיָּה noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Hindi

1 entries
  • प्रवृत्ति noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • irány noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • tendencia noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kecenderungan noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Italian

1 entries
  • tendenza noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 傾向 noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • 趨勢 noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • нысай noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • тенденция noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • үрдіс noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Korean

2 entries
  • 경향 noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • 추세 noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • тенденция noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Latin

1 entries
  • prōpensiō noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Latvian

1 entries
  • tendence noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • tendencija noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • тенденција noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Malay

1 entries
  • kecenderungan noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • പ്രവണത noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • tendens noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Persian

1 entries
  • گرایش noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Läne noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Polish

2 entries
  • skłonność noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • tendencja noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • tendência noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Romanian

2 entries
  • tendință noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • înclinație noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Russian

2 entries
  • скло́нность noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • тенде́нция noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • sklȍnōst noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • tendèncija noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • скло̏но̄ст noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • тендѐнција noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Slovak

2 entries
  • sklon noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • tendencia noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Slovene

2 entries
  • nagnjenje noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • tendenca noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Spanish

1 entries
  • tendencia noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Swedish

3 entries
  • benägenhet noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • tendens noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • trend noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Tajik

1 entries
  • майл noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Thai

1 entries
  • แนวโน้ม noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • rmamñe noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Turkish

2 entries
  • eğilim noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • tandans noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • схи́льність noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • тенде́нція noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • mayl noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • tendensiya noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • khuynh hướng noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)
  • xu thế noun (likelihood of behaving in a particular way)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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You have a tendency to talk too fast.

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Another tendency of many Japanese speakers that bothers foreigners is to make statements that are too general and too broad by using or implying words like "all" and "every".

Source: tatoeba (21879)

That tendency is strong among Americans.

Source: tatoeba (48591)

Today there seems to be a tendency to make little of human relations.

Source: tatoeba (242418)

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