Definitions for tendency

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tendency ten·den·cy

Spelling: [ten-duh n-see]

IPA: /ˈtɛn dən si/

Tendency is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 114 anagrams from letters in tendency (cdeennty).

Definitions for tendency

noun

1. a natural or prevailing disposition to move, proceed, or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or result:
2. an inclination, bent, or predisposition to something:
3. a special and definite purpose in a novel or other literary work.

Origin of tendency

From the Medieval Latin word tendentia, dating back to 1620-30. See tend¹, -ency

Examples for tendency

In New York, district attorneys have a tendency to grow moss-bound in their roles.

I freely say that the tendency of my thought, based on observation, is to conservatism.

This tendency is in every one of us; but in some of us more than in others.

The Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast has a tendency to lose its guests in the middle of the night.

He was sorry to see this tendency to aristocracy on the part of members.

Now the tendency in France seems to be to go back to the monoplane.

They either have a tendency to hyperbolize and make life much more glamorous and titillating than it is, or the other way.

But I do think if you look at history and you do believe that history has a tendency to do what?

Despite his tendency to speak frankly on political issues, he insists that neither he nor his group are politically active.

That Hester had a tendency to high church had little or nothing to do with the matter.