noun
an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
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- he had an inclination to give up too easily
- a tendency to be too strict
noun
an inclination to do something
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- he felt leanings toward frivolity
noun
a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect
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- the alkaline inclination of the local waters
- fabric with a tendency to shrink
noun
a general direction in which something tends to move
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- the shoreward tendency of the current
- the trend of the stock market