transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈten-dən(t)-sē ]
noun
( plural -cies )
Etymology: Medieval Latin tendentia, from Latin tendent-, tendens, present participle of tendere
Date: 1628
1.
a. : direction or approach toward a place, object, effect, or limit
b. : a proneness to a particular kind of thought or action
2.
a. : the purposeful trend of something written or said : aim
b. : deliberate but indirect advocacy
Synonyms:
tendency , trend , drift , tenor , current mean movement in a particular direction. tendency implies an inclination sometimes amounting to an impelling force
a general tendency toward inflation
trend applies to the general direction maintained by a winding or irregular course
the long-term trend of the stock market is upward
drift may apply to a tendency determined by external forces
the drift of the population away from large cities
or it may apply to an underlying or obscure trend of meaning or discourse
got the drift of her argument
tenor stresses a clearly perceptible direction and a continuous, undeviating course
the tenor of the times
current implies a clearly defined but not necessarily unalterable course
an encounter that changed the current of my life