Predilection - English meaning

noun

A natural liking for and understanding of someone or something.

Usage examples:

He had a special affinity with horses

noun

A liking or sympathy for someone or something, especially because of shared characteristics

Usage examples:

She seems to have a natural affinity for/with water.

noun

A close similarity between two things

Usage examples:

There are several close affinities between the two paintings.

noun

A natural desire to satisfy a bodily need, especially for food.

Usage examples:

He has a healthy appetite

noun

A desire or need for something, esp. food

Usage examples:

A good/healthy appetite, an appetite for adventure

noun

The feeling that you want to eat food

Usage examples:

All that walking has given me an appetite., i won't have any chocolate, thanks. it will spoil (= re…

adjective

Sharply curved or having an angle.

Usage examples:

A piece of bent wire

noun

Past and past participle of bend1.

noun

A stiff grass which is used for lawns and is a component of pasture and hay grasses.

Usage examples:

The grasses used may be native to the area or specially introduced species such as rye grass, fescu…

noun

Inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair.

Usage examples:

There was evidence of bias against foreign applicants

verb

Cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something.

Usage examples:

All too often, our recruitment processes are biased towards younger candidates

noun

An unfair personal opinion that influences your judgment

Usage examples:

[ u ] they vowed to fight racial bias in the school., [ c usually sing ] does news coverage reflect…

adjective

Elaborate in structure or decoration.

Usage examples:

The furniture was very fancy

verb

Feel a desire or liking for.

Usage examples:

Do you fancy a drink?

noun

A superficial or transient feeling of liking or attraction.

Usage examples:

This was no passing fancy, but a feeling he would live by

noun

Affection or liking for someone or something.

Usage examples:

I remember him with great fondness

noun

A great liking for someone or something

Usage examples:

Ruth has a real fondness for old houses.

noun

A liking

Usage examples:

Fondness for george's fondness for fishing was well known.

noun

A sudden strong rush of wind.

Usage examples:

As the players went back on to the court there were incredibly strong gusts of wind blowing through…

verb

(of the wind) blow in gusts.

Usage examples:

The wind was gusting through the branches of the tree

noun

A sudden strong wind

Usage examples:

Gust of a sudden gust of wind blew his umbrella inside out., figurative she could hear gusts of lau…

noun

A person's natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way; a disposition.

Usage examples:

John was a scientist by training and inclination

noun

A preference or tendency, or a feeling that makes a person want to do something

Usage examples:

Tony has a strong inclination toward the arts., if i were in your situation, my inclination would b…

noun

A feeling that you want to do a particular thing, or the fact that you prefer or are more likely to do a particular thing

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] my own inclination would be to look for another job., we should be basing our d…

noun

A tendency or partiality of a particular kind.

Usage examples:

He is quite vocal about his political leanings

verb

Be in or move into a sloping position.

Usage examples:

He leaned back in his chair

noun

A particular set of beliefs, opinions, etc. that someone prefers

Usage examples:

I don't know what his political leanings are.

noun

A feeling of regard or fondness.

Usage examples:

She'd taken an instant liking to arnie's new girlfriend

verb

Find agreeable, enjoyable, or satisfactory.

Usage examples:

All his classmates liked him

noun

A feeling that you like someone or something; the fact of liking someone or something

Usage examples:

She has a liking for fine wines., i'm developing quite a liking for jazz., the dessert was too swee…

noun

An intense feeling of deep affection.

Usage examples:

Babies fill parents with feelings of love

verb

Feel deep affection for (someone).

Usage examples:

He loved his sister dearly

noun

Unfair bias in favour of one person or thing; favouritism.

Usage examples:

An attack on the partiality of judges

noun

An unfair preference for one person or group over another

Usage examples:

Some parents complained about the partiality of the teacher toward certain students.

noun

A strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something.

Usage examples:

He has a penchant for adopting stray dogs

noun

A liking for or a habit of doing something, esp. something that other people might not like

Usage examples:

Ives had a penchant for musical experimentation.

noun

A liability or tendency to suffer from a particular condition, hold a particular attitude, or act in a particular way.

Usage examples:

A child may inherit a predisposition to schizophrenia

noun

The state of being likely to behave in a particular way or to suffer from a particular disease

Usage examples:

She has an annoying predisposition to find fault., there is evidence that a predisposition to(wards…

noun

A greater liking for one alternative over another or others.

Usage examples:

Her preference for white wine

noun

A preference is also an advantage given to someone

Usage examples:

[ u ] the city gives preference to job applicants who live there.

noun

The fact of liking or wanting one thing more than another

Usage examples:

Preference for sth these investors had a preference for securities rather than bank deposits., more…

noun

A tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition towards a particular thing.

Usage examples:

A proclivity for hard work

noun

The fact that someone likes something or likes to do something, especially something considered morally wrong

Usage examples:

The sexual proclivities of celebrities, his proclivity for shapely blondes

noun

Liability to suffer from or experience something disagreeable; susceptibility.

Usage examples:

His proneness to injury will seriously mar a promising career

noun

The fact of being likely to suffer from an illness or have a particular negative characteristic

Usage examples:

His proneness to injury forced him to retire from professional football.

noun

An inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way.

Usage examples:

His propensity for violence

noun

The sensation of flavour perceived in the mouth and throat on contact with a substance.

Usage examples:

The wine had a fruity taste

verb

Perceive or experience the flavour of.

Usage examples:

She had never tasted ice cream before

verb

The faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth

noun

An inclination towards a particular characteristic or type of behaviour.

Usage examples:

For students, there is a tendency to socialize in the evenings

noun

A likelihood to happen or to have a particular characteristic or effect

Usage examples:

She has a tendency to work late., there’s a growing tendency to try kids as adults.

noun

The state or condition of being weak.

Usage examples:

The country's weakness in international dealings

noun

Lack of strength or energy

Usage examples:

[ u ] the building’s collapse was caused by weakness in several beams., [ u ] is crying always a si…

noun

A situation in which someone or something is at a low level or is not strong or successful

Usage examples:

Weakness against sth the dollar's weakness against the euro has made european goods more expensive …