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trend

UK/tɹɛnd/ US/ˈtrɛnd/ fairly common informal slang uk us
noun (4) verb (1)

noun

1.

a general direction in which something tends to move

  • “the shoreward tendency of the current”
  • “the trend of the stock market”
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2.

general line of orientation

  • “the river takes a southern course”
  • “the northeastern trend of the coast”
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3.

a general tendency to change (as of opinion)

  • “not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book”
  • “a broad movement of the electorate to the right”
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4.

the popular taste at a given time

  • “leather is the latest vogue”
  • “he followed current trends”
  • “the 1920s had a style of their own”
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verb

1.

turn sharply; change direction abruptly

  • “The car cut to the left at the intersection”
  • “The motorbike veered to the right”
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Origin

From Middle English trenden (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Old English trendan (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Proto-West Germanic *trandijan (“to turn, roll, revolve”), apparently derived from a strong verb Proto-West Germanic *trindan. Cognate with Dutch trent (“circumference”). Akin to Old English trinde (“ball”), Old English tryndel (“circle, ring”). More at trindle, trundle.

Phrases

  • buck the trend
  • cephalocaudal trend
  • on trend
  • trend line
  • trend piece
  • trickle-up trend

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