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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
(17) new, modern, recent, radical, revolutionary, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(18) genetic, familial
Kolokacji: 2
1. genetic tendency = genetyczna skłonność genetic tendency
  • The remaining 25 percent are believed to have a genetic tendency to develop cancer.
  • Your body shape is partly determined by genetic tendencies.
  • Although some people may have a genetic tendency to become addicted to drugs, there is little doubt that environmental factors also play a significant role.
  • Like other rheumatic diseases, fibromyalgia could be the result of a genetic tendency that's passed from mother to daughter.
  • It's the result of aging and our own genetic tendencies.
  • It is clear that you must have a genetic tendency and be exposed to an allergen in order to develop an allergy.
  • You can offset some of those genetic tendencies, however, and lose weight by being more active, Esco says.
  • A lot of contributing variables, including certain genetic tendencies.
  • To lose weight and keep it off requires short-circuiting this genetic tendency.
  • Adoption studies also suggest a strong genetic tendency towards alcoholism.
2. familial tendency = familijna skłonność familial tendency
(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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