tendency
Pronunciation
change- IPA (key): /ˈtɛndənsi/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: ten‧den‧cy
Noun
change- (countable) A tendency is an inclination of something to behave in a particular way or to go in a particular direction.
- He has a tendency to talk too much.
- There's a general tendency for males to be bigger than females.