1. movement or prevailing movement in a given direction: observed the tendency of the wind; the shoreward tendency of the current.
2. A characteristic likelihood: fabric that has a tendency to wrinkle.
3. A predisposition to think, act, behave, or proceed in a particular way.
4. an implicit direction or purpose: not openly liberal, but that is the tendency of the book.
5. an implicit point of view in written or spoken matter; a bias.

1. a likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.

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

1. movement, or inclination to move, in some particular direction or toward some end or purpose; bent, leaning, or inclination toward some object, effect, or result; inclining or contributing influence.
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1. a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
2. an inclination to do something
3. a general direction in which something tends to move
4. an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others