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trend definition

trend (trend)

intransitive verb

  1. to extend, turn, incline, bend, etc. in a specific direction; tend; run the river trends northward
  2. to have a general tendency: said of events, conditions, opinions, etc.

Etymology: ME trenden, to roll < OE trendan, to turn, roll, akin to trinde, round lump < IE base *der-, to split off (> tear): prob. basic sense “split-off piece of a tree trunk, as a disk or wheel”

noun

  1. the general direction of a coast, river, road, etc.
  2. a general or prevailing tendency or course, as of events, a discussion, etc.; drift
  3. a vogue, or current style, as in fashions

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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