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taipumus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • aptness noun Suitability; the quality of being apt or suitable.
  • bias noun An unfair leaning toward or against something, often without a person even realizing it.
  • drift noun A slow, gradual movement or change, often without direct control.
  • inclination noun A tendency or preference to think or act in a certain way.
  • orientation noun An introductory session or programme that familiarises new students, employees or members with a place and its procedures.
  • proclivity noun A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection; especially, a strong disposition or bent.
  • propensity noun A natural tendency or inclination to behave or think in a particular way.
  • strain verb To injure a muscle or tendon by overstretching or overusing it.
  • tendency noun A natural inclination to behave or happen in a particular way.
  • twist verb To turn or bend something, often forcefully, so it becomes distorted or wound.

Senses

taipumus is used for these senses in English:

  • aptness Suitability; the quality of being apt or suitable.
  • bias (countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something.
  • drift The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim.
  • inclination A tendency.
  • orientation (countable) An inclination, tendency or direction.
  • proclivity A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection; especially, a strong disposition or bent.
  • propensity An inclination, disposition, tendency, preference, or attraction.
  • strain (figurative) Hereditary character, quality, tendency, or disposition.

aptness — full definition

  1. noun Suitability; the quality of being apt or suitable.
  2. noun Disposition of the mind; propensity.
  3. noun Speed or readiness in learning; docility.
  4. noun Proneness; tendency.

bias — full definition

  1. noun An unfair leaning toward or against something, often without a person even realizing it.
  2. noun A diagonal direction across woven fabric, cut at 45 degrees to the straight threads.
  3. noun In statistics, a systematic error that skews a measurement or estimate away from the true value.
  4. verb To unfairly influence someone or something in a particular direction.

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