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"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 • ...
frequent collocations
Kolokacji: 7
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 34
(1) natural, innate, inborn, constant
Kolokacji: 4
(2) strong, occasional
Kolokacji: 2
(3) suicidal, dangerous, self-destructive
Kolokacji: 3
(4) general, common, widespread, universal, overall, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(5) violent, homicidal, murderous, emotional
Kolokacji: 4
(6) great, slight, central, American, historical, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(7) human, destructive, contradictory, negative
Kolokacji: 4
(8) unfortunate, regrettable
Kolokacji: 2
(9) Militant, aggressive, racist, behavioral, inflationary, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(10) political, similar, different, opposite
Kolokacji: 4
(11) certain, inherent, distinct, definite, clear
Kolokacji: 5
(12) homosexual, lesbian
Kolokacji: 2
(13) liberal, conservative, socialist, progressive, ideological, ...
Kolokacji: 8
(14) criminal, evil, bad, alleged, delinquent, ...
Kolokacji: 6
(15) authoritarian, dictatorial, autocratic, totalitarian
Kolokacji: 4
(16) marked, pronounced
Kolokacji: 2
1. marked tendency = wyraźna tendencja marked tendency
  • In any case, Goblins have a marked tendency to bounce so casualties are probably fewer than one might reasonably expect.
  • Gil Huntley was showing a marked tendency to repeat himself.
  • There was, however, a clearly marked tendency for this organisation to become more complex as time went on.
  • Above all, there was a marked tendency towards monotheism.
  • American English has always shown a marked tendency to use nouns as verbs.
  • Many cultures around the world have a marked tendency to associate flowers with femininity.
  • "The overall statistics continue to show a marked tendency to hand the so-called thinking positions to white players," he concludes.
  • Why was there a marked tendency for infants to be healthy and the adults chronically ill?
  • Moreover, as Figure 7.2b shows, there is a marked tendency to congregate at a very few 'honeypot' sites.
  • Bunny also has a marked tendency to nag whenever a job is on.
2. pronounced tendency = wyraźna skłonność pronounced tendency
(17) new, modern, recent, radical, revolutionary, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(18) genetic, familial
Kolokacji: 2
(19) disturbing, distressing
Kolokacji: 2
(20) nationalist, nationalistic
Kolokacji: 2
(21) alarming, nasty, disconcerting
Kolokacji: 3
(22) annoying, centrifugal, irritating
Kolokacji: 3
(23) artistic, stylistic, literary
Kolokacji: 3
(24) sadistic, masochistic
Kolokacji: 2
(25) antisocial, cultural, anti-social
Kolokacji: 3
(26) fascist, Communist
Kolokacji: 2
(27) paranoid, psychopathic, psychotic, psychological
Kolokacji: 4
(28) separatist, democratic, expansionist, anti-democratic, populist, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(29) dominant, evolutionary, persistent, lifelong
Kolokacji: 4
(30) latent, unhealthy
Kolokacji: 2
(31) inevitable, fatal
Kolokacji: 2
(32) neurotic, workaholic, compulsive, narcissistic
Kolokacji: 4
(33) cannibalistic, mystical, religious
Kolokacji: 3
(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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