Trend meaning
The general direction of something.
The river's southern trend.
noun
A general tendency or course of events.
A warming trend.
noun
To show a general tendency; tend.
The magazine's circulation is trending downward.
verb
To extend, incline, or veer in a specified direction.
The prevailing wind trends northeast.
verb
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To extend, turn, incline, bend, etc. in a specific direction; tend; run.
The river trends northward.
verb
The general direction of a coast, river, road, etc.
noun
A general or prevailing tendency or course, as of events, a discussion, etc.; drift.
noun
A vogue, or current style, as in fashions.
noun
The general direction of a market. Traders often say, “the trend is your friend” or “never buck the trend.”
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An inclination in a particular direction.
The trend of a coastline; the upward trend of stock-market prices.
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Trend is defined as to go in a general direction or to have a tendency to go in a certain way.
An example of trend is for a plain to stretch westward across a state.
An example of trend is when the number of murders in a city reduce downward.
verb
Current style; vogue.
The latest trend in fashion.
noun
To have a general tendency.
verb
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(Internet, intransitive, informal) To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.
What topics have been trending on social networks this week?
verb
The definition of a trend is a general direction or something popular.
An example of trend is a northern moving coastline.
An example of trend is the style of bell bottom jeans.
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Origin of trend
From Middle English trenden "to roll about, turn, revolve", from Old English trendan "to roll about, turn, revolve" from Proto-Germanic *trandijanÄ… (“to revolve"). Akin to Old English trinde "ball", Old English tryndel "circle, ring". More at trindle, trundle.