Idea and Tendency

Idea

Idea noun - Something imagined or pictured in the mind.

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Tendency and idea are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tendency" instead a noun "Idea".

Nearby Words: ideal, ideation

Tendency noun - An established pattern of behavior.

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Idea and tendency are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Idea" instead a noun "Tendency".

good	good idea	good tendency
similar	similar idea	similar tendency
common	common idea	common tendency
right	right idea	right tendency
Other adjectives: real, great, evil, little, bad, terrible, horrible, interesting, new, early, general, odd, weird, strange, modern.

She's incredibly gung-ho about the idea of being a bounty hunter, but, as a consequence of aforementioned not-that-brightness, she has a tendency to make things worse.

Source: Hooker with a Heart of Gold
And now Samsung had presented its S7, and it has the SD slot back, so no idea whether the tendency will go anywhere.

Source: Technology Marches On / Computers
In first edition, this isn't always a good idea — Urathra blood has a tendency to provoke Frenzy, for example.

Source: Food Chain of Evil

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