English-Thai Dictionary

tendency

N จุดประสงค์ เฉพาะ  inclination trend jud-pra-song-cha-prow

 

tendency

N แนวโน้ม  การ โน้มเอียง  ความโน้มเอียง  inclination trend nom-nao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TENDENCY

n.[from tend; L. tendens, tending. ] Drift; direction or course towards any place, object, effect or result. Read such books only as have a good moral tendency. Mild language has a tendency to allay irritation. Writings of this kind, if conducted with candor, have a more particular tendency to the good of their country.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TENDENCY

Tend "en *cy, n.; pl. Tendencies. Etym: [L. tendents, -entis, p.pr. of tendere: cf. F. tendance. See Tend to move. ]

 

Defn: Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result. Writings of this kind, if conducted with candor, have a more particular tendency to the good of their country. Addison. In every experimental science, there is a tendency toward perfection. Macaulay.

 

Syn. -- Disposition; inclination; proneness; drift; scope; aim.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tendency

ten den cy |ˈtendənsē ˈtɛndənsi | ▶noun ( pl. tendencies ) an inclination toward a particular characteristic or type of behavior: for students, there is a tendency to socialize in the evenings | criminal tendencies. • a group within a larger political party or movement: the dominant tendency in the party remained right-wing. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin tendentia, from tendere ‘to stretch ’ (see tend 1 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

tendency

ten |dency |ˈtɛnd (ə )nsi | ▶noun ( pl. tendencies ) [ often with infinitive ] an inclination towards a particular characteristic or type of behaviour: for students, there is a tendency to socialize in the evenings | criminal tendencies. • a group within a larger political party or movement. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin tendentia, from tendere ‘to stretch ’ (see tend 1 ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

tendency

tendency noun 1 his tendency to take the law into his own hands: propensity, proclivity, proneness, aptness, likelihood, inclination, disposition, predisposition, bent, leaning, penchant, predilection, susceptibility, liability; readiness; habit. 2 this tendency toward cohabitation: trend, movement, drift, swing, gravitation, direction, course; orientation, bias.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

tendency

tendency noun 1 his tendency to take the law into his own hands: propensity, proclivity, proneness, aptness, likelihood, inclination, disposition, predisposition, bent, leaning, penchant, predilection, susceptibility, liability; readiness; habit. 2 this tendency towards cohabitation: trend, movement, drift, swing, gravitation; orientation, bias; direction, course, tide, turn.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tendency

tend en cy /téndənsi /→tend 1 名詞 複 -cies /-z /C 1 ｟否定的に ｠ «…への /…する » 傾向 , 風潮 ; (人の )性癖 , くせ «toward (s ), to /to do » (!あまり良くない風潮を示すことが多い; trendは物事の一般的傾向 ) ▸ show a strong [natural ] tendency toward nationalism 国家主義への強い [自然な ]傾向を示す ▸ There is a tendency (for politicians ) to blame others .(政治家には )他人を責める風潮がある ▸ his tendency to become angry 彼の怒りやすい性癖 ▸ violent tendencies 乱暴な性向 ▸ Bob has a tendency to gain weight .ボブは太りやすいタイプだ .2 «…への » 才能, 素質 «to , toward » ▸ artistic tendencies 芸術的素質 3 〖集合的に; ｟主に英 ｠では単複両扱い 〗(党内の )急進派, 反対勢力 .