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Meanings of propensity in English
A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction.
Synonyms
Examples for "leaning"
Examples for "leaning"
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The current left-leaning government may struggle to encourage investment and implement reforms.
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And there's no right side or wrong side leaning on this issue.
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The conservative-leaning court in recent years has rolled back campaign finance restrictions.
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Among left-leaning voters, support for his return is at 60 per cent.
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Sutton, however, appears to be in good shape in her Democratic-leaning district.
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But political conditions have a tendency of changing unannounced-andcontrary to reason.
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This tendency to elevate profit above principle is not new in Ireland.
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This is unfortunately a natural tendency and needs to be actively fought.
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That said; there's a slight tendency to go against the general trend.
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However, a greater squamous histological tendency was found in the older group.
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Overall, western governments have shown little inclination to follow the money, however.
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Prudence seemed in favour of acceptance; natural inclination was opposed to it.
3
In addition; there's a slight inclination to speak directly from the heart.
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In other words, we seem to have a natural inclination to learn.
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So far it had displayed no inclination to narrow, or change direction.
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Future dealmakers underestimate that penchant for market meddling at their own risk.
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This penchant, however laudable aesthetically, does not usually lead to distribution deals.
3
Smith's almost old-fashioned penchant for dribbling past defenders consistently caused Wolves problems.
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Mickelson's penchant for risk-taking has long established him as a great entertainer.
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However, thanks to Apple's penchant for visual flair, it looks totally unique.
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Diabetic nephropathy is a common, complex disease with a clear genetic predisposition.
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ACLR is a complex disease with multiple risk factors including genetic predisposition.
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That predisposition led me not to question things I should have questioned.
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Genetic predisposition would appear to be a very important modifier of risk.
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However, some of these patients can transmit retinoblastoma predisposition to their offspring.
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Directors will, inevitably, prosecute that mandate according to individual predilection and interpretation.
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Sites of predilection include the lower limbs followed by the upper limbs.
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After all the question has resolved itself into one of personal predilection.
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Lymphomas showed an unusual predilection for involvement of the central nervous system.
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The most common predilection sites are the renal parenchyma and the retroperitoneum.
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The name Anti-Federalist lost its aptness after the inauguration of the Government.
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And yet she seems to have a kind of quickness and aptness.
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Competence and aptness, or folly and heedlessness, make a world of difference.
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The aptness of the story was the success of the evening.
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The pub, with almost mythopoeic aptness, is named Half Way House.
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The actor's proclivity for violence is not comprised solely of idle threats.
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That troublesome proclivity of wooing chance was uppermost again in Windham's mind.
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It seems that nothing is safe from our proclivity for division and conflict.
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Is there no proclivity to which the hospitality sector cannot cater?
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It is the animal proclivity to look after one's own comfort.
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Meta's patient sorrow was the best remedy for proneness to such musings.
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These they hold, through their proneness to degenerate, to be all evil.
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The associations between the SSS and alcohol use and deviance proneness were examined.
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Those natures that are sanguinary towards beasts discover a natural proneness to cruelty.
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What is done once and again, soon gives facility and proneness.
Usage of propensity in English
1
That said; there's a propensity to underestimate a temporary or minor problem.
2
That said; there's a propensity to not give certain developments enough thought.
3
This allows for the propensity to generate a greater number of leads.
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The greater uncertainty about job prospects is reducing tenants' propensity to move.
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A greedy algorithm approach was used to conduct the propensity score match.
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We used multivariable propensity scoring to compare functional outcomes according to treatment.
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We used propensity score modeling to create matching cohorts for each analysis.
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But the wandering propensity was inherent in the very nature of Crockett.
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That said; there's a propensity to read too much into too little.
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Character goes down before passion in them; nature is reduced to propensity.
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These relations were also observed when we used propensity matched cohort analyses.
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Infectious diseases may have an unexpected weakness: their own propensity for laziness.
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Differences were estimated with adjustment for known prognostic factors using propensity scores.
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Unhappily the King shows a propensity for the pleasures of the table.
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Henry was growing increasingly aware of this mind-reading propensity of his niece's.
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The besetting propensity of my ancestor soon began to appear in Leaplow.
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Propensity through the time
Propensity across language varieties
South Africa
Common
United States of America
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Ireland
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