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noun1.the general course or prevailing tendency; drift:trends in the teaching of foreign languages; the trend of events.2.style or vogue:the new trend in women's apparel.3.the general direction followed by a road, river, coastline, or the like.

verb (used without object)4.to have a general tendency, as events, conditions, etc.5.to tend to take a particular direction; extend in some directionindicated.6.to emerge as a popular trend; be currently popular:trending topics on the Internet; words that have trended this year.7.to veer or turn off in a specified direction, as a river, mountain range,etc.:The river trends toward the southeast.

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Old English

1000

before 1000; Middle English trenden to turn, roll, Old English trendan; akinto Old English trind

e ball, Dutch trent circumference, Swedish trind round.See trindle, trundle

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countertrend, noun

subtrend, nounSynonymsExpand

1. See tendency. 5. stretch, run, incline.

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British Dictionary definitions for trendExpand

trend/trɛnd/

noun 1.general tendency or direction2.fashion; mode

verb (intransitive) 3.to take a certain trend

Word Origin

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

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Word Origin and History for trendExpand

trendv.1590s, "to run or bend in a certain direction" (of rivers, coasts, etc.), fromMiddle English trenden "to roll about, turn, revolve," from Old Englishtrendan, from Proto-Germanic *trandijanan (cf. Old English trinde "roundlump, ball," Old Frisian trind, Middle Low German trint "round," Middle LowGerman 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 recorded1863, from the nautical sense. Related: Trended ; trending.

n."the way something bends" (coastline, mountain range, etc.), 1777, fromtrend (v.); sense of "general tendency" is from 1884.

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Noun 1. trend - a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"tendencydirection, way - a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home"

2. trend - general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"coursedirection, way - a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home"

3. trend - 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"drift, movementinclination, tendency, disposition - an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict"evolutionary trend - a general direction of evolutionary changegravitation - a figurative movement toward some attraction; "the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs"

4. trend - the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"vogue, styleappreciation, discernment, perceptiveness, taste - delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste"New Look - a style of women's clothing created by Christian Dior in 1947; involved a tight bodice and narrow waist and a flowing pleated skirtfashion - the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behaviorbandwagon - a popular trend that attracts growing support; "when they saw how things were going everybody jumped on the bandwagon"

Verb 1. trend - turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"sheer, slew, slue, swerve, veer, curve, cutturn - change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs"peel off - leave a formationyaw - swerve off course momentarily; "the ship yawed when the huge waves hit it"

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trend

noun

1. tendency, swing, drift, inclination, current, direction, flow, leaning, bias a trend towards

part-time employment

2. fashion, craze, fad (informal), mode, look, thing, style, rage, vogue, mania The record

may well start a trend.

verb

tend, turn, head, swing, flow, bend, lean, incline, veer, run Unemployment is still trending

down.

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trend

noun

1. An inclination to something:

bent, bias, cast, disposition, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, pr

oclivity, proneness,propensity, squint, tendency, turn.

2. The current custom:

craze, fad, fashion, furor, mode, rage, style, vogue.

Informal: thing.

Idioms: the in thing, the last word, the latest thing.

verb

To have a tendency or inclination:

incline, lean, slant, squint, tend.

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trend

 [trend]

A. N (= tendency) → tendencia f; (= fashion) → moda f

to set the trend → marcar la pauta

Spanish / Español

a trend towards (doing) sth → una tendencia hacia(hacer)algo

a trend away from (doing) sth → una tendencia en contra de(hacer)algo

trends in popular music → tendencias fpl de la música popular

B. VI → tender

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trend

 (trend) noun

a general direction or tendency. She follows all the latest trends in fashion; an upward trend in

share prices.tendencia

ˈtrendy adjective

following the latest fashions. trendy people/clothes; Her mother tries to be trendy.a la

moda/última ; moderno