trend

[ trend ]

/ trɛnd /

See synonyms for: trend / trended / trending / trends on Thesaurus.com

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.

SYNONYMS FOR trend

5 stretch, run, incline.

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Origin of trend

First recorded 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

synonym study for trend

1. See tendency.

OTHER WORDS FROM trend

coun·ter·trend, nounsubtrend, noun

Example sentences from the Web for trend

It is not just the stay at home order of the pandemic that brought about the upward trend in e-learning.
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Every year, brands and publishers create content predicting trends for the following year.
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In keeping with the trend, ridesharing market leader Uber announced on Tuesday that it will transition to a 100 percent electric car fleet by 2030.
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One wonders what consequences this trend might have in a world where social-media interactions with actual humans have already been found to increase social isolation.
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You can also see how concepts differ, form trends or fit together in some other way.
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The CAP paper estimates that if current trends continue unabated, overtime pay will disappear entirely by 2026.
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These trends will affect everything from geography to culture and politics.
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In the coming decades, these trends could grow, particularly as economic and population growth slow.
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Supporters of the president argue these trends are inevitable and the Stimulus made a terrible situation better.
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From the refined attire at Lincoln Center to the avant-garde dress downtown, we spotted many of the big 2014 trends.
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It is situated near the river Chulim, which trends westward and joins the Ob.
The Siberian Overland Route from Peking to Petersburg,|Alexander Michie
His experience and achievement are typical in illustrating the trends and the probabilities.
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Laurel Hill, the most westerly range of the Alleghenies, trends north and south through Pennsylvania.
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It terminates with a narrow point, and then trends in to the South-West towards the coast.
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Laurel Hill, the most westerly range of the Alleghanies, trends north and south through western Pennsylvania.
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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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