marked tendency

collocation in English

meaningsofmarkedandtendency

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marked
adjective
uk
/mɑːkt/us
/mɑːrkt/
A marked change or difference in behaviour or in a situation is very obvious ...
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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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(Definition ofmarkedandtendencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmarked tendency

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Thus, there is amarkedtendencyto underestimate the suffering of patients in many different facets.
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The data revealed amarkedtendencyfor migrants to specialise with respect to destination.
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The 53-year-olds too showed evidence of a similar but lessmarkedtendency.
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Perhaps the mostmarkedtendencyat present is towards the examination of popular beliefs, identities, and affiliations.
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These are, first, that religious cultures throughout the region show amarkedtendencyto posit the existence of a spirit world.
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Over the years, there has been amarkedtendencyfor men to move out of unremunerative traditional household activities like weaving.
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Beyond fer tilization, we can see that there is still amarkedtendencyfor the active role to be attributed to the woman in cases where success is not achieved.
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It may be well to note that this insect has amarkedtendencyto become ' greasy,' so that all trace of colour disappears.
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There are several demographic factors to be taken into account in considering the fall in the birth rate, especially themarkedtendencytowards a raising of the age of marriage.
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There was amarkedtendencyfor the middle class to retreat from their leisure activities in a time of crisis and the working class to increase their dependence on them.
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It explains, too, themarkedtendencyof towns to turn to judges and other legal luminaries when seeking men to serve as their mayors.
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I deplore the fact that the number of such examinations shows amarkedtendencyto decrease.
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Prices do not show anymarkedtendencyto fall.
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There is amarkedtendencyfor doctors to withdraw from this field.
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The figures show that there is amarkedtendencyfor people to travel in one direction by sea.
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It is difficult to get reliable, medical, statistical information, but doctors inform us that there is amarkedtendencyamong clerical workers towards tuberculosis, digestive and nervous disorders.
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Crossroads has monitored amarkedtendencyamong local authorities to focus dwindling resources on the highly dependent.
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Controlled economies with amarkedtendencytowards autarky are likely to be unwilling to remain dependent to a great extent on external supplies if they can avoid it.
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