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tendance — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • inclination noun A tendency or preference to think or act in a certain way.
  • pattern noun A repeated design of shapes, colors, or lines, often decorative.
  • 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.
  • tendency noun A natural inclination to behave or happen in a particular way.
  • tide noun The regular rise and fall of the sea, caused mainly by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun.
  • trend noun A general direction in which something is developing or changing over time.

Senses

tendance is used for these senses in English:

  • pattern A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship. [from 19th c.]
  • proclivity A predisposition or natural inclination, propensity, or a predilection; especially, a strong disposition or bent.
  • propensity An inclination, disposition, tendency, preference, or attraction.
  • tide The tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.
  • trend An inclination in a particular direction.

inclination — full definition

  1. noun A tendency or preference to think or act in a certain way.
  2. noun A slope, tilt, or angle away from the horizontal or vertical.

pattern — full definition

  1. noun A repeated design of shapes, colors, or lines, often decorative.
  2. noun A regular, repeated way that something happens, which can be recognized or used to predict what comes next.
  3. noun A template or model used as a guide for making something, especially a garment.
  4. verb To design or shape something after a model or example.

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