"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. unfortunate tendency = skłonność nieszczęśnika unfortunate tendency
2. regrettable tendency = godna pożałowania skłonność regrettable tendency
  • Despite their best efforts Warlock showed a regrettable tendency to be good at maths.
  • Even my highly regrettable tendency to react positively whenever the fridge door is opened was proof against that.
  • Now, then except for this regrettable tendency to not let your commanding officer get a word in edgewise, you have done a capable job.
  • I have long noticed a regrettable tendency toward softheartedness in you.
  • I have noted in counsel a regrettable tendency to adversary tactics, a practice against which I warned you.
  • An example: soldiers had a regrettable tendency to demand regular pay, on time, for the risks they took.
  • Genji did, it was true, show regrettable tendencies, but he kept himself under control and seemed to have become genuinely fond of Tamakazura.
  • No doubt that was an example of her regrettable tendency to cynicism.
  • Corbaccio had a regrettable tendency to get over excited.
  • There is a regrettable tendency on both sides to "commission" anyone with a ship capable of long sea voyages.
(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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