tendency
/ˈtendənsi/ noun [C]Definition
› something that someone often does, or something that often happens: [+ to do sth] She has a tendency to talk for too long. There is a growing tendency for companies to employ people on short contracts.
(Definition of tendency noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
Our dictionaries
Browse the Thesaurus
Browse the Dictionary
Word of the Day
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
