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English to English noun
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an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others |  | Example: he had an inclination to give up too easily
a tendency to be too strict
source: wordnet30
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an inclination to do something | | Example: he felt leanings toward frivolity
source: wordnet30
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a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect | | Example: the alkaline inclination of the local waters
fabric with a tendency to shrink
source: wordnet30
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a general direction in which something tends to move | | Example: the shoreward tendency of the current
the trend of the stock market
source: wordnet30
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Direction or course toward any place, object, effect, or result; drift; causal or efficient influence to bring about an effect or result. | | source: webster1913
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