Tendency
/ˈtɛn.dən.si/ noun
noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.
"Denim has a tendency to fade."
- 2 a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect wordnet
- 3 An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.
"Mao launched the struggle against the vulgar materialist tendency within the party as early as 1937."
- 4 an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others wordnet
- 5 an inclination to do something wordnet
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- 6 a general direction in which something tends to move wordnet
Example
More examples"You have a tendency to talk too fast."
Etymology
From Medieval Latin tendentia, from tendens, present participle of tendō.