| n. | 1. | Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result. |
| Noun | 1. | tendency - an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" Synonyms: inclination, disposition |
| 2. | tendency - an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity" Synonyms: leaning, propensity | |
| 3. | tendency - a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect; "the alkaline inclination of the local waters"; "fabric with a tendency to shrink" Synonyms: inclination | |
| 4. | tendency - a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market" Synonyms: trend |