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tendencies

Syllables: ten·den·cies/ˈtɛndənsiz/

tendencies is the plural of tendency.

Meaning of tendency

Noun

tendency (plural tendencies)

  1. A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.
    • Denim has a tendency to fade.
  2. An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.
    • Mao launched the struggle against the vulgar materialist tendency within the party as early as 1937.1974, James Boggs, Grace Lee Boggs, Revolution and Evolution, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 134

Phrases with tendencies

Questions about tendencies

What is tendencies the plural of?
Tendencies is the plural of tendency.
How do you pronounce tendencies?
Tendencies is pronounced /ˈtɛndənsiz/.

Words near tendencies in the dictionary

  1. tended to one's knitting
  2. tendence
  3. tendences
  4. tendencial
  5. tendencially
  6. tendencies
  7. tendencious
  8. tendenciously
  9. tendency
  10. tendency tone
  11. tendency tones

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