Definitions for trend
trɛndtrend

Princeton's WordNet(3.50 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. tendency, trendnoun

   a general direction in which something tends to move

   "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"

2. course, trendnoun

   general line of orientation

   "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"

3. drift, trend, movementnoun

   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"

4. vogue, trend, styleverb

   the popular taste at a given time

   "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"

5. swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cutverb

   turn sharply; change direction abruptly

   "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"

Wiktionary(3.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. trendnoun

   An inclination in a particular direction

   The trend of stock-market prices is generally upwards.

   Etymology: From trenden "to roll about, turn, revolve", from trendan "to roll about, turn, revolve" from trandijanan. Akin to trinde "ball", tryndel "circle, ring". More at trindle, trundle.

2. trendnoun

   A tendency

   There is a trend, these days, for people in films not to smoke.

   Etymology: From trenden "to roll about, turn, revolve", from trendan "to roll about, turn, revolve" from trandijanan. Akin to trinde "ball", tryndel "circle, ring". More at trindle, trundle.

3. trendnoun

   A fad or fashion style

   Miniskirts were one of the biggest trends of the 1980s.

   Etymology: From trenden "to roll about, turn, revolve", from trendan "to roll about, turn, revolve" from trandijanan. Akin to trinde "ball", tryndel "circle, ring". More at trindle, trundle.

4. trendnoun

   A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points

   Etymology: From trenden "to roll about, turn, revolve", from trendan "to roll about, turn, revolve" from trandijanan. Akin to trinde "ball", tryndel "circle, ring". More at trindle, trundle.

5. trendverb

   To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend

   The shore of the sea trends to the southwest.

   Etymology: From trenden "to roll about, turn, revolve", from trendan "to roll about, turn, revolve" from trandijanan. Akin to trinde "ball", tryndel "circle, ring". More at trindle, trundle.

6. trendverb

   To cause to turn; to bend.

   Etymology: From trenden "to roll about, turn, revolve", from trendan "to roll about, turn, revolve" from trandijanan. Akin to trinde "ball", tryndel "circle, ring". More at trindle, trundle.

Webster Dictionary(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Trendverb

   to have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest

2. Trendverb

   to cause to turn; to bend

3. Trendnoun

   inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general direction; as, the trend of a coast

4. Trendverb

   to cleanse, as wool

5. Trendnoun

   clean wool

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Trend

   trend, v.i. to tend, to run, to go in a particular direction: to incline, lean.—n. tendency. [A.S. trendan.]

Matched Categories

1. • Direction
   • Tendency

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'trend' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3654

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'trend' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4806

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'trend' in Nouns Frequency: #971

How to pronounce trend?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of trend in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of trend in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of trend in a Sentence

1. James Tabery:

   The study does raise a troubling implication – the thought that the patient-physician relationship is compromised by these biological explanations. I would hope we could use this information to educate aspiring clinicians so that they don’t (fall) victim to that trend, to bring it to their attention so they can actively combat it.

2. Air Jordans:

   You can follow the trend, or you can set the trend, you set the trend by having a barometer of what young folks are doing, and the conditions of life they’re living. We would take stuff that was scraps and turn them into luxury. It wasn’t rags to riches. We turned our rags into things that rich people wanted. It’s like, ‘Oh, this is what I got? That motherfucker’s gonna want this because of how I rock it and how confident I am with it.’.

3. Anuj Somany:

   We are in a world where fake news are created and made a trend to either protect another fake news or promote a product/person and fools in billions accept it within a second.

4. Joe Hayes:

   The likelihood of the negative trend in output being stymied any time soon appears slim, with demand for goods from both domestic and international sources waning further, asian goods producers face headwinds from slowing growth in Europe and China, while global trade risks are yet to be mitigated by a breakthrough in US-Sino relations.

5. Avtar Sandu:

   We see a bounce off here ... but a change in trend is not visible yet.

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