trend

[ trend ]

/ trɛnd /

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noun

the general course or prevailing tendency; drift: trends in the teaching of foreign languages; the trend of events.

style or vogue: the new trend in women's apparel.

the general direction followed by a road, river, coastline, or the like.

verb (used without object)

to have a general tendency, as events, conditions, etc.

to tend to take a particular direction; extend in some direction indicated.

to emerge as a popular trend; be currently popular: words that have trended this year.

Digital Technology. to be widely mentioned or discussed on the Internet, especially in posts on social media websites: news stories that are trending online.

to veer or turn off in a specified direction, as a river, mountain range, etc.: The river trends toward the southeast.

Nearby words

trenchant, trenchard, trencher, trencherman, trenches, trend, trendelenburg position, trendelenburg's sign, trendelenburg's test, trendify, trending

Origin of trend

before 1000; Middle English trenden “to turn, roll,” Old English trendan; akin to Old English trinde “ball,” Dutch trent “circumference,” Swedish trind “round.” See trindle, trundle

SYNONYMS FOR trend

5 stretch, run, incline.

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Related forms

coun·ter·trend, nounsub·trend, noun

Synonym study

1. See tendency.

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Examples from the Web for trend

But Republican and Democratic parties have made efforts to reverse that trend.
Asian-Americans Are The New Florida|Tim Mak|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The trend is particularly concentrated in the coastal states where women are wealthier, more educated, and more liberal.
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Nevetheless, Democratic rule has not only failed to halt the trend, but appears to have accelerated it.
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It also demonstrated that the so-called “trend” of natural went beyond trend.
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I hope that there is a trend away from the kind of “click-bait” type of essay that you often see on the Internet.
Meghan Daum On Tackling The Unspeakable Parts Of Life|David Yaffe|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We observe simply that the trend of modern thought is toward this system.
The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study|Jean-Marie Guyau
They have judged the trend of events and the probable results that are to follow, from the standpoint of the competitive system.
Solaris Farm|Milan C. Edson
From day to day he had watched, with his hand on the key-board, the development and trend of events.
History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of The United States|Edmund G. Ross
He also reported that the creek appeared to trend to the north for eight or ten miles.
Journals of Australian Explorations|A C and F T Gregory
The trend of the whole course of civilization has been and is to do anything but evolve citizens.
The Myth in Marriage|Alice Hubbard

British Dictionary definitions for trend

trend

/ (trɛnd) /

noun

general tendency or direction

fashion; mode

verb (intr)

to take a certain trend

Word Origin for trend

Old English trendan to turn; related to Middle Low German trenden

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