Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - propensity
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Propensity
propensity
noun (plural -ties) Date: 1570 an often intense natural inclination or preference Synonyms: see leaning
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1.
n. (pl. -ies) an inclination or tendency (has a propensity for wandering). Etymology: propense f. L propensus inclined, past part. of propendere (as PRO-(1), pendere hang) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
сущ. склонность, предрасположение, наклонность - marginal propensity to consume - marginal propensity to save - propensity to consume - propensity to import - propensity to save ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
3.
1. книж. склонность, наклонность, предрасположение; пристрастие propensity to exaggerate —- склонность к преувеличению propensity for gambling —- пристрастие к азартным играм ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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5.
(propensities) A propensity to do something or a propensity for something is a natural tendency that you have to behave in a particular way. (FORMAL) Mr Bint has a propensity to put off decisions to the last minute... N-COUNT: oft N to-inf, N for n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
6.
~ n formal a natural tendency to behave in a particular way (a propensity to do sth) (the male propensity to fight | a propensity for (doing) sth) (The child shows a propensity for disrupting class.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
7.
- 1570, from obsolete propense "inclined, prone," from L. propendere "incline to, hang forward, weigh over," from pro- "forward" + pendere "hang." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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