opposite tendency
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoppositeandtendency
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opposite
adjective
uk/ˈɒp.ə.zɪt/us/ˈɑː.pə.zɪt/
completely ...
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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 ofoppositeandtendencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The general body colour tended to become lighter slightly as the time after injection elapsed, whereas theoppositetendencywas shown for the compound eyes.
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Theoppositetendencyis observed in mitigated commands, where 77 per cent (23 out of 30) of the tokens occurred in initial position.
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Climbers showed anoppositetendencyto trees.
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When whole categories are compared there is a danger that the tendency of the most frequent item(s) obscures anoppositetendencyin less frequent items.
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Cell death, however, has theoppositetendency.
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Unless we do that, precisely theoppositetendencywill apply.
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I believe they have exactly theoppositetendency.
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The evidence that we have shows theoppositetendency.
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These measures have been partially offset by crude proposals of theoppositetendency.
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I should have thought that was an argument of an entirelyoppositetendencyto that suggested.
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Undoubtedly, that kind of expression has given rise to anoppositetendencywhich is almost equally dangerous in its results.
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Other languages, on the contrary, have theoppositetendency: they are wary of foreign words and are very impermeable to them.
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Most methods exploit the property of most alkaloids to be soluble in organic solvents but not in water, and theoppositetendencyof their salts.
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The rationale underlying the definition of the fitness function rests on two opposite tendencies.
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If we take each verb separately, it shows two opposite tendencies.
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Natural gas is a different animal; it has different properties and opposite tendencies.
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These two faces have precisely opposite tendencies.
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Those with a lower need for cognition may display opposite tendencies, and may process information more heuristically, often through low elaboration.
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