trend
- 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.
- 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.
Origin of trend
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Contemporary Examples
But Republican and Democratic parties have made efforts to reverse that trend.
The trend is particularly concentrated in the coastal states where women are wealthier, more educated, and more liberal.
Nevetheless, Democratic rule has not only failed to halt the trend, but appears to have accelerated it.
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.
Historical Examples
His life has been that of his century—progressive, liberal, humanitarian in its trend.
The Grand Old ManRichard B. Cook
Which is, I suppose, the trend we are following, even if we follow it unconsciously.
The Conquest of FearBasil King
The man checked the trend of his thoughts by a mighty effort of will.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
Quite egotistically she attributed to herself the trend of his friendship.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
John Porter viewed this trend with no little trepidation of feeling.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
trend
- general tendency or direction
- fashion; mode
- to take a certain trend
Word Origin
Word Origin and History for trend
v.
1590s, "to run or bend in a certain direction" (of rivers, coasts, etc.), from Middle English trenden "to roll about, turn, revolve," from Old English trendan, from Proto-Germanic *trandijanan (cf. Old English trinde "round lump, ball," Old Frisian trind, Middle Low German trint "round," Middle Low German trent "ring, boundary," Dutch trent "circumference," Danish trind "round"); origin and connections outside Germanic uncertain. Sense of "have a general tendency" (used of events, opinions, etc.) is first recorded 1863, from the nautical sense. Related: Trended; trending.
n.
"the way something bends" (coastline, mountain range, etc.), 1777, from trend (v.); sense of "general tendency" is from 1884.