"tendency" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

tendency sustantivo

tendency + verbo
Kolokacji: 13
tendency makes • tendency leads • tendency causes • tendency exists • tendency seems • ...
verbo + tendency
Kolokacji: 9
show a tendency • display tendencies • exhibit tendencies • represent tendencies • tendency is seen • ...
adjetivo + tendency
Kolokacji: 127
natural tendency • strong tendency • suicidal tendency • general tendency • violent tendency • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 34
(2) strong, occasional
Kolokacji: 2
(8) unfortunate, regrettable
Kolokacji: 2
1. certain tendency = pewna skłonność certain tendency
2. inherent tendency = właściwa tendencja inherent tendency
3. distinct tendency = wyraźna tendencja distinct tendency
  • This modernism was a conscious breakaway from tradition, although two quite distinct tendencies were discernible.
  • In fact, Congress had a distinct tendency to push questions of emerging national security threats off its own plate, leaving them for others to consider.
  • When he let go of the rungs he had a distinct tendency to drift off to the right.
  • In particular, the canter must have a distinct uphill tendency.
  • In the 17th and 18th centuries, a distinct tendency becomes observable in the town government to limit power to the actual holders.
  • Anything higher than that had a distinct tendency to sway slightly.
  • Though he is chairman of the Senate's Democratic conference, he has also exhibited a distinct tendency to reach out across the aisle.
  • A workable philosophy for a race with distinct tendencies toward aggression.
  • With no visible enemy there is the distinct tendency to ignore discipline, to believe combat will never occur.
  • The man was a sociopath with a distinct tendency for violence.
4. definite tendency = określona skłonność definite tendency
5. clear tendency = czysta tendencja clear tendency
(12) homosexual, lesbian
Kolokacji: 2
(16) marked, pronounced
Kolokacji: 2
(18) genetic, familial
Kolokacji: 2
(19) disturbing, distressing
Kolokacji: 2
(20) nationalist, nationalistic
Kolokacji: 2
(21) alarming, nasty, disconcerting
Kolokacji: 3
(23) artistic, stylistic, literary
Kolokacji: 3
(24) sadistic, masochistic
Kolokacji: 2
(26) fascist, Communist
Kolokacji: 2
(30) latent, unhealthy
Kolokacji: 2
(31) inevitable, fatal
Kolokacji: 2
(34) overwhelming, high
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + tendency
Kolokacji: 12
for one's tendency • of tendencies • in one's tendency • about one's tendency • with a tendency • ...

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