(~s)
1.
If you have a ~ to behave in a particular way, you tend to behave like that because of the kind of person that you are or the attitudes that you have. (FORMAL)
There is a thin dividing line between educating the public and creating a ~ to panic.
N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N to-inf, N to/towards n/-ing
2.
If you have a ~ to a disease or illness, it is likely that you will suffer from that disease or illness. (FORMAL)
...a genetic ~ to lung cancer.
N-COUNT: with supp, usu N to/towards n