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{
"term": "tendency",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "if somebody/something has a particular tendency, they are likely to behave or act in a particular way",
"sensetop": "tendency to do somethingtendency for somebody/something to do somethingtendency to/towards something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **display** artistic **tendencies**"
},
{
"text": "I **have a tendency** to talk too much when I'm nervous.",
"contextForm": "tendency to do something"
},
{
"text": "This material has a tendency to shrink when washed."
},
{
"text": "There is a tendency for this disease to run in families.",
"contextForm": "tendency for somebody/something to do something"
},
{
"text": "She has a strong natural tendency towards caution.",
"contextForm": "tendency to/towards something"
},
{
"text": "The new model has an unfortunate tendency to break after a few weeks' use."
},
{
"text": "They needed help for self-harm and suicidal tendencies."
},
{
"text": "a worrying tendency to blame victims for being assaulted"
},
{
"text": "our natural human tendency to group all the things we don't like together"
},
{
"text": "The natural tendency is to try harder when there are problems with a project."
},
{
"text": "We have a tendency to blame ourselves when things go wrong."
},
{
"text": "The training courses aim to reduce the tendency for young people to leave the industry."
},
{
"text": "They have a tendency towards over-optimism."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["clear", "great", "marked"],
"verb + tendency": ["have", "display", "exhibit"],
"preposition": [
"tendency among",
"tendency for",
"tendency on the part of"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a new custom that is starting to develop",
"sensetop": "tendency (for somebody/something) (to do something)tendency to/towards something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There's a growing tendency for women to marry later.",
"contextForm": "tendency (for somebody/something) (to do something)"
},
{
"text": "Industry showed a tendency towards increasingly centralized administration.",
"contextForm": "tendency to/towards something"
},
{
"text": "There is a growing tendency among employers to hire casual staff."
},
{
"text": "There is a tendency for farm sizes to increase."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["clear", "great", "marked"],
"verb + tendency": ["have", "display", "exhibit"],
"preposition": [
"tendency among",
"tendency for",
"tendency on the part of"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a group within a larger political group, whose views are more extreme than those of the rest of the group",
"labels": "(British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a growing separatist tendency within the Anglo-Irish community"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtendənsi/",
"audio": "te/tendency/tendency__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtendənsi/",
"audio": "te/tendency/tendency__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin tendentia, from tendere ‘to stretch’."
}