noun
bent
CEFR B1
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
In a sentence
Six example sentences with bent, each labelled with its topic.
Her bent for reading a room quickly showed up long before she ever studied group behavior formally.
Psychology
The rookie had a defensive bent, always drifting toward the help side while his teammates chased the ball.
Basketball
Dickens wrote with a reformer's bent, and every crowded orphanage in his novels doubles as an argument for change.
Literature
From childhood she showed a scientific bent, taking apart every clock in the house to see what made it tick.
Science
The drummer's jazz bent keeps creeping into the band's pop songs, adding a swing the producer never asked for.
Music
The founder has a practical bent, and every feature meeting ends with her asking which customer actually requested it.
Startups
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Found in 5 published word lists
- New General Service List (Browne et al. 2013)Authoritative
- Israeli Psychometric English dictionary (Campus IL / NITE)Authoritative
- Manhattan Prep 1000 GRE WordsRecognized
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
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