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tendency: a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect; "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink"; a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"

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work toward collapse

redound to collapse

gravitate collapse: move due to the pull of gravitation; "The stars gravitate towards each other"; be attracted to; "Boys gravitate towards girls at that age"; move toward; "The conversation gravitated towards politics"

look to collapse: turn one's interests or expectations towards; "look to the future"; "this method looks to significant wavings"

contribute collapse: contribute to some cause; "I gave at the office"; be conducive to; "The use of computers in the classroom lead to better writing"

mainstream collapse: the prevailing current of thought; "his thinking was in the American mainstream"

druthers collapse

trend collapse

feeling for collapse

sensitivity to collapse

tropism collapse: an involuntary orienting response; positive or negative reaction to a stimulus source

complexion collapse: (obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament; texture and appearance of the skin of the face; the coloring of a person's face; a point of view or general attitude or inclination; "he altered the complexion of his times"; "a liberal political complexion"; a combination that results from coupling or interlinking; "diphthongs are complexions of vowels"; give a certain color to; "The setting sun complexioned the hills"

tend collapse: manage or run; "tend a store"; have care of or look after; "She tends to the children"; have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"

inclining collapse

evildoing collapse

dharma collapse: basic principles of the cosmos; also: an ancient sage in Hindu mythology worshipped as a god by some lower castes;

extroversion collapse

instinct collapse: inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli; "the spawning instinct in salmon"; "altruistic instincts in social animals"

penchant collapse

point to collapse

body build collapse

dispose collapse: make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief; "Their language inclines us to believe them"; give, sell, or transfer to another; "She disposed of her parents' possessions"

blind impulse collapse

lawbreaking collapse

id collapse: (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity; a card or badge used to identify the bearer; "you had to show your ID in order to get in"

soft spot collapse: a sentimental affection; "she had a soft spot for her youngest son"

verge collapse: a grass border along a road; the limit beyond which something happens or changes; "on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy"; border on; come close to; "His behavior verges on the criminal"

ilk collapse

malpractice collapse: a wrongful act that the actor had no right to do; improper professional conduct; "he charged them with electoral malpractices"; professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage; "the widow sued his surgeon for malpractice"

likelihood collapse: the probability of a specified outcome

smooth the way collapse

incline collapse: lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow; "She inclined her head to the student"; bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well; "He inclined his ear to the wise old man"

partiality collapse: an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives

propensity collapse

orientation collapse: the act of orienting; a person's awareness of self with regard to position and time and place and personal relationships; an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs; position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions

crime collapse: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"; an evil act not necessarily punishable by law; "crimes of the heart"

azimuth collapse: the azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian

steering collapse: the act of steering a ship; the act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king"

proclivity collapse: a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"

bias collapse: a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation; slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric; "a bias fold"; cause to be biased; influence in an unfair way; "you are biasing my choice by telling me yours"

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