The act of attending to or looking after something; tending, attention.
Used in a Sentence
tendance
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tendance.
Editorial note
Interesting choice of article, considering DFW himself was closer to the prescriptivist side (Sprachgefühl Necessitates Our Ongoing Tendance and all that).
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Quick take
The act of attending to or looking after something; tending, attention.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of tendance gathered in one view.
(archaic) attendance (The act of attending or waiting)
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for tendance.
noun
The act of attending to or looking after something; tending, attention.
noun
(archaic) attendance (The act of attending or waiting)
Example sentences
Interesting choice of article, considering DFW himself was closer to the prescriptivist side (Sprachgefühl Necessitates Our Ongoing Tendance and all that).
Les jeunes ont tendance à tutoyer davantage que les plus âgés.
Then, it's self evident that wearing helmet will be better, as the same training can help them overcome the tendance to be riskier wearing helmet.
Non j'ai tendance à détester les applis qui font ça!
Je ne suis pas convaincu, j'ai plutôt tendance à voir les Français se taire en présence des non-francophones pour éviter le jugement des autres Français aux alentours (qui se feront un plaisir de se gausser de votre accent ou de la moindre bévue).
Assuming that you are trolling, one advice in this situation is that you can curb the urge to post something on your phone, which restricted your flexibility and causes the tendance to post things with little context and concrete meaning, and wait until you have access to the right tool for expressing yourself.
Quote examples
The french order would be the same "Pourquoi Vivaldi ne va pas suivre l'actuelle tendance IA"
However, you might be right that self-advertisement is more present in academia, given the tendance to assess individuals over teams and given the overall "squeeze".
I found out recently that I have a tendance to "want to multitask" even though I know I don't hear a single word spoken to me if I'm attentively reading something.
The article in French says the same thing as I wrote before: "socialist parties" are no longer socialist: " Le socialisme démocratique, c'est-à-dire un socialisme converti à la démocratie libérale et respectueux du jeu parlementaire, représente aujourd'hui la tendance majoritaire des partis socialistes, qui n'envisagent plus la rupture avec l'économie de marché.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use tendance in a sentence?
Interesting choice of article, considering DFW himself was closer to the prescriptivist side (Sprachgefühl Necessitates Our Ongoing Tendance and all that).
What does tendance mean?
The act of attending to or looking after something; tending, attention.
What part of speech is tendance?
tendance is commonly used as noun.