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Definition of Tendency

1. Noun. An attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others. "A tendency to be too strict"

2. Noun. An inclination to do something. "He felt leanings toward frivolity"

3. Noun. A characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect. "Fabric with a tendency to shrink"

4. Noun. A general direction in which something tends to move. "The trend of the stock market"

Definition of Tendency

1. n. Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result.

Definition of Tendency

1. an inclination to act or think in a particular way [n -CIES]

Medical Definition of Tendency

1. A presumptive course of future behaviour in continuation of observed acts and attitudes. (13 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tendency

tenascin tench tench tenches tend tendance tendance tendances tended tended to(p)

tendence tendences tendencies tendencious tendency (current term) tendency (current term) tendentious tendentiously tendentiousness tendenz

tendenzen tender tender tender-hearted tendered tenderer tenderers tenderest tenderfeet tenderfoot

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