tendency
English
/ˈtɛndənsi/
noun
Definitions
- A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.
- (politics) An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.
Etymology
Derived from Latin tendere (extend, stretch, spread out, stretch out).
Origin
Latin
tendere
Gloss
extend, stretch, spread out, stretch out
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- countertendency English
- multitendency English
- tendentious English
- tendentiously English
- tendentiousness English
- tendentia Latin
- tendere Latin
- tendenziös German
- tendieren German
- tendere Italian
- tendens Dutch, Flemish
- tendance French
- tendencia Spanish, Castilian
- tender Spanish, Castilian
- *tend- Proto-Indo-European
- tendere Norwegian Bokmål
- tender Portuguese
- tendre Old French
- tinde Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- *tendō Proto-Italic
- tindi Friulian