general tendency
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgeneralandtendency
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general
adjective
uk/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/us/ˈdʒen.ər.əl/
involving or relating to most or all people, things, or places, especially when these are considered as ...
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tendency
noun[C]
uk/ˈten.dən.si/us/ˈten.dən.si/
If someone has a tendency to do or like something, they will probably do it or ...
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However, we saw that considerations of register may override thisgeneraltendency.
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The exceptions to thegeneraltendencydo not follow any particular rules.
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There are clear exceptions to thisgeneraltendency.
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However, more surprising is our conclusion that this is not ageneraltendency.
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Within thisgeneraltendency, there are diversities across countries.
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The analysis captures thegeneraltendencyof anaphoric definites to scramble.
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Thegeneraltendencyhas been to conflate consent with assent and dissent with refusal.
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Still, thegeneraltendencywill largely follow the depicted pattern.
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It should only be considered a depiction of ageneraltendency.
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Some of the observed values are greater and some smaller than expected from thegeneraltendency.
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The findings suggest that self-diagnosed ' amalgam illness ' is a label for ageneraltendencytoward somatization.
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Thisgeneraltendencytoward implicit modalizing is confirmed by the ashtray task.
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That is, each reporter is viewed as a source about ageneraltendency.
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It has been thegeneraltendencythat the architect is eased out earlier and earlier.
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However, there is ageneraltendencyfor the swimming speed to increase with the oscillating frequency.
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However, ageneraltendencytowards negative self-evaluation cannot fully account for the association because it persisted after controlling for a range of personality and psychiatric variables.
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We would suggest that thegeneraltendencyis for governments to reduce the autonomy of social insurers.
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It is therefore perhaps advisable to note just theirgeneraltendencyto longer development but to omit the numbers in calculations.
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