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tendency

/ˈtɛndənsi/ · 8 letters · 6 distinct letters

  1. noun

    an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others

    he had an inclination to give up too easily

  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

    the alkaline inclination of the local waters

  4. noun

    a general direction in which something tends to move

    the shoreward tendency of the current

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