General tendency (5)
I believe the answer is:
trend
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">general tendency</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for trend that I've seen before include "General direction of change" , "General tendency" , "Med. port, taken by Crusaders" , "The way things are going?" , "Direction, tendency" .)