propensity
Americannoun
plural
propensities-
a natural inclination or tendency.
a propensity to drink too much.
- Synonyms:
- proclivity, penchant, disposition, leaning, bent
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Obsolete. favorable disposition or partiality.
noun
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a natural tendency or disposition
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obsolete partiality
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But one person had a propensity to announce to everyone at the beginning of the call that she had a “hard stop” at 2 p.m., so we had to wrap up by that time.
I’m still the same person with the same propensities.
“When you look at the baby boomer demographic, it is about to enter the 80s. When you are 80 and above, your propensity to require these services goes up dramatically,” he said.
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“We may have come to a bit of a turning point with less of a propensity for speculators to sell the yen,” he says.
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“We may have come to a bit of a turning point with less of a propensity for speculators to sell the yen,” he says.
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