Trend

Definition: Trend

Trend

Noun

1. A general direction in which something tends to move: "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market".

2. General line of orientation: "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast".

3. A general tendency as of opinion: "not openly liberal but that is the tendency of the book".

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".

Verb

1. Turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "trend" was first used: 1598. (references)

Note: Trend \Trend\, intransitive verb [imperfect & past participle. Trended; Trending.]. (Websters 1913)

Biology & Biotechnology

Finance

Geography

Mining

Statistics

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trend

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Synonyms: Trend

Deviation

Verb: alter one's course, deviate, depart from, turn, trend; bend, curve; swerve, heel, bear off; gybe, wear.

Direction

Verb: tend towards, bend towards, point towards; conduct to, go to; point to, point at; bend, trend, verge, incline, dip, determine.

Fashion

Follow the fashion, conform to the fashion, fall in with the fashion, follow the trend, follow the crowd; Noun: go with the stream; (conform); savoir vivre, savoir faire; keep up appearances, behave oneself.

Custom; mode, vogue, go; rage; (desire); prevailing taste; fad, trend, bandwagon, furore, thing, in thing, craze, chic, last word.

Tendency

Verb: tend, contribute, conduce, lead, dispose, incline, verge, bend to, trend, affect, carry, redound to, bid fair to, gravitate towards; promote; (aid).

Crosswords: Trend

Czech (trend), Dutch (tendency), German (movement, trend), Hungarian (trend), Serbo-Croatian (trend), Swedish (drift, impulse, trend, vogue).

How about you start a new trend. Throw a big sweater over that and call it the 'I'm not naked' look! (What I Like About You; writing credit: Kirker Butler; Wil Calhoun)

It's a trend in diamonds. (Beautiful Girls; writing credit: Scott Rosenberg)

It's a new trend in the diamond trade, they're trying to create a new market. (Beautiful Girls; writing credit: Scott Rosenberg)

Showing off your ass 'cause you're thinking it's a trend (Doo Wop (That Thing); performing artist: Lauryn Hill)

Baby you set the trend, yes you did oh (Don't Say You Love Me; performing artist: M2M)

The thing you've got to realize what we're doin' is not a trend (Pop; performing artist: 'N Sync)

The trend is irreversible (SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE; performing artist: Robert Palmer)

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References

• Trend Micro Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Age Wave: How the Most Important Trend of Our Time Will Change Our Future (reference)

• Fifty Years of Motor Trend (reference)

• First Recognize The Intraday Trend, Then Find The Right Stock [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Partnershift: How to Profit from the Partnership Trend (reference)

• Trend Forecasting with Technical Analysis (reference)

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Periodicals

• Georgia Trend (reference)

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Music

• Kill Trend Suicide (reference)

• Trend Explorer: Pop & Dance V.1 (reference)

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High Tech

• Motor Trend Lotus Challenge (reference)

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Consumer Goods

• Trend Highchair- Breckenridge (reference)

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The Mediterranean and Black Seas fall within the same FAO statistical area (Area 37) but, apart from some migratory species, their fisheries and resources are mostly separate. The total catch from Area 37 showed a generally positive trend until the mid-1980's, reaching about 2 million tons. Credit: Fisheries.

It's an ominous trend and it has to be reversed!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mobile housing--a trend. One of the many housecars under construction by homeless people who formerly lived in tents. California. Credit: Library of Congress.

An abandoned farmhouse in LaSalle County, Illinois. The trend toward planting larger units has caused the abandonment of many former farmhouses. Credit: Library of Congress.

Suburban Trend, Inc. Draw pull I. Credit: Library of Congress.

United States news. Page with "The Trend of Business". Credit: Library of Congress.

Nothing's harder to stop than a trend. Credit: Library of Congress.

Resolutely support the struggle of the African people against colonialism and racial discrimination : irresistible historical trend : countries want independence, nations want liberation, the people want revolution. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Perhaps we need only to know how his shores trend and his adjacent country or circumstances, to infer his depth and concealed bottom.

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Health

This tragic trend must be reversed. (references)

Erythema nodosum - Red bumps that trend to appear on the face, arms, and shins. (references)

Studies have also shown a trend toward reducing need for emergency surgery and lowering mortality. (references)

Business

Now the trend has gradually started to change. (references)

An important trend in Japanese Internet market is the cell phone. (references)

Since 1995 there has been a positive growth trend in the industry. (references)

Children

China

Female babies also suffer from a higher mortality rate than male babies, contrary to the worldwide trend. (references)

Tunisia

There is a general trend toward making public transportation more accessible to persons with disabilities. (references)

Jamaica

There is no societal pattern of abuse of children; however, a number of reported cases of sexual abuse and incest may point to a growing trend. (references)

Civil Liberties

Brunei

This development constituted a modest step in the direction of improved religious freedom, but as yet there is no broad trend toward increased religious freedom. (references)

Iraq

The Constitution provides for freedom of speech and of the press "in compliance with the revolutionary, national, and progressive trend;" however, in practice the Government does not permit freedom of speech or of the press, and does not tolerate political dissent in areas under its control. (references)

Economic History

Philippines

Air freight is a recent trend in domestic distribution. (references)

Human Rights

India

That trend continued, with reliable sources reporting that security forces had killed 1,239 militants during the year. (references)

Minorities

Czech Republic

Observers believed that the actual figures were higher; nonetheless, developments during the year indicated a positive trend toward recognizing the racial motivation of such crimes. (references)

Political Economy

GHANA

The government appears to be committed to sustaining this trend. (references)

Trade

Uzbekistan

In 2000, the trend continued. (references)

Luxembourg

This strong growth trend is expected to be reflected in 2001 statistics. (references)

Indonesia

So far, these efforts have had limited success but the trend is worrisome. (references)

Women

Russia

There also is a trend toward firing women rather than men when employees are laid off. (references)

China

However, educators in the large cities have reported that there is a trend toward greater gender balance in universities. (references)

Taiwan

There have been reports of a growing trend of young women, often well educated, entering into part-time prostitution to earn additional spending money. (references)

Worker Rights

China

The rising trend of labor disputes and protests continued during the year. (references)

Indonesia

NGO findings indicate a growing trend in child prostitution and sexual exploitation. (references)

Korea

However, in a departure from this trend, in April police officers used force at a temporarily closed Daewoo auto factory when workers attempted to storm and occupy the plant. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "trend": analytic trend ♦ downward trend ♦ Noether's test for cyclical trend ♦ price trend ♦ secular trend ♦ secular trend in climate ♦ set the trend ♦ strategic trend ♦ the trend of events ♦ trend line ♦ Trend of an anchor ♦ trend setting ♦ trend towards ♦ upward trend. Additional references.

Beginning with "trend": trend-getters, trend-setter, trend-setters, trend-setting, trend-spotters, trend-surface, trend-type landing forecast.

Ending with "trend": de-trend, Stroke-upon-trend, term-trend.

Albanian

tendencë (aim, drift, inclination, leaning, proclivity, set, tendency), prirje (affinity, aptitude, bent, current, disposition, drift, flair, fondness, gift, habit, inclination, leaning, liability, mission, penchant, proclivity, propensity, run, set, taste, tendency, vocation), prirem (heel, incline, lean, list, tend), kam prirje, drejtim (accost, administration, conduct, course, direction, directorship, disposal, drift, guide, headship, helm, lead, leadership, lie, line, management, manual, operation, orientation, quarter, rectification, regimen, resort, run, set, steerage, supervision, tenor, vector, way). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ميل توجه, ‏موديل (fashion), ‏مجرى (current, drift, run, stream), ‏مال إلى, ‏نزعة (bent, bias, direction, disposition, genius, leaning, movement, penchant, ply, predisposition, proclivity, strain, streak, temper, tendency, wind), ‏زى شائع, ‏إمتد الي, ‏إتجه نحو, ‏إتجاه (bearing, course, direction, drift, movement, orientation, persuasion, quarter, range, sense, temper, tendency, tenor). (various references)

Bulgarian 

уклон (deviation), тенденция (drift, hang, movement, pattern, ply, proclivity, proneness, propensity, run, set, stream, tendency, tenor, tide, turn, vein), клоня (converge, incline, lean, squint, sway), вземам направление, отклонявам се в някаква посока, насоченост, насока на развитие. (various references)

Chinese 

趋向 (gravitate, Gravitated, Gravitating, tend, Tended, tending, Trended, Trending), 趨勢 (tendency), 趨向 (direction, to incline), 走向 (be trending towards), 潮流 (current, tide), 動態 (development, dynamic state, movement, moving), 動向 (tendency), 傾向 (tendency). (various references)

Czech

trend, tendence (bias, disposition, movement, tendency, undercurrent), smìr (course, direction, movement, tack, tendency, way), proud (current, drift, flood, flow, flush, gush, jet, race, river, run, spout, stream), móda (fashion, style, tonal, vogue, wear). (various references)

Danish

trend, tendens (disposal, inclination, tendency), retning af folder (direction), prisudvikling (price trend). (various references)

Dutch

trend (tendency), stemming (atmosphere, ballot, balloting, ethos, mood, tendency, voting by ballot), prijstrend (price trend), algemene richting (direction). (various references)

Farsi 

الودگی لوزه وحلق وگلوباسیل . (various references)

Finnish

suuntaus (line, policy, tendency). (various references)

French

tendance (market trend). (various references)

German

Tendenz (bias, direction, drift, intention, run, slant, tendency, tenor), Trend (movement). (various references)

Greek 

τάση (affinity, bent, drift, inclination, potential, proclivity, strain, tendency). (various references)

Hebrew 

מ�'מ�" (aim, drift, strain, tendency, tenor, tide), ל� טות (deviate, dispose, extend, fancy, incline, lean, stretch, tend, tip, turn aside), זרם (course, current, downpour, flow, flux, influx, spurt, stream, tide), � טי�" (bent, deviation, disposition, inclination, leaning, liking, penchant, pitch, predilection, proclivity, propensity, rake, set, slant, spirit, streak, taste, tendency, tenor, tide, tilt). (various references)

Hungarian

irányzat (drift, on the up grade, school, set, stream, tendency, tenor, trend-line). (various references)

Indonesian

aliran (CONDUIT, current, drift, flow, genre, ism, PIPELINE, stream, WIRING). (various references)

Italian

tendenza (bent, departure, disposition, drift, liability, proclivity, propensity, strain, tendency, undercurrent). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

傾向 (inclination, tendency). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すうせい (tendency), すう�"う (current, lofty, Songshan, supreme, tendency), トレンド , きすう (cardinal number, drift, odd number, tendency), きう�" (luck, opportunity, tendency), う�"き (activity, change, development, movement), どう�"う (accompanying, attitude, copper ore, movement, pupil, pupillary, same school, similar tastes, tendency, travelling together), せいう�" (blue sky, fortune, galaxy, high rank, nebula, prosperity, tendency), かたむき (bent, bias, disposition, inclination, list, slope, tendency), けい�"う (admiration, adoration, aroma, carrying, fame, fluorescence, fragrance, go right ahead, honor, inclination, love of virtue, mouth of a chicken, oral, perfume, reverence, tendency), ちょうりゅう (tidal current, tide), ちょうし (condition, decanter, eldest child or son, impetus, key, knack, listening and watching, manner, memorial address, message of condolence, mood, pitch, rhythm, spur of the moment, state of health, strain, style, time, tone, tune, vein, way). (various references)

Korean 

동향. (various references)

Manx

troa (current, direction, drift, set, strike, surge), beoyn (aptness, drift, fate, instinct, liability, set, tendency). (various references)

Pig Latin

endtray

Portuguese

tendência (aptitude, bent, compliance, current, driving, leaning, liability, proclivity, propensity, stomach, tendency, tide, vocation). (various references)

Romanian

tendinţã (aptness, bearing, bent, departure, determination, disposition, drift, drive, endeavor, endeavour, hang, inclination, leaning, proclivity, run, strain, streak, striving, tendency), orientare (aspect, management, orientalist, orientation), formaţiune (system, training), formaţie (conception, formation, stratum, system, training), fi orientat, fãgaş (channel, furrow, groove, gully, path, rut, track, track of wheels), direcţiune (course, direction, leadership), direcţie a unui râu, direcţie (bearing, board, course, departure, direction, directorate, drift, lay, leadership, manager's office, mastership, path, run, set, setting, track, way), curs (act, channel, course, current, duration, flow, lapse, lecture, progress, quotation, rate, session, swim, tack, train), curent (course, current, daily, draught, flow, fluent, fluently, flux, generally, instant, legal, popular, prevailing, prevalent, race, readily, routine, ruling, running, stream, swift, tide, usual, usually). (various references)

Russian 

течение (course, current, drift, flight, flow, flowing, flux, lapse, onflow, passage, progress, run, stream, tenor), тенденция (sway, tendency), отклоняться (deflect, depart, deviate, digress, diverge, incline, sheered, sheering, sheers, turn aside, wander), направление (course, directing, direction, directions, ism, lead, range, route, run, school, streamline). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

trend, težiti (aspire, gravitate, long, seek for, strive, weigh), smer (course, direction, route), naklonjenost (predisposition), kretanje (coasting, development, locomotion, marching, motion), imati pravac. (various references)

Spanish

tendencia (bias, inclination, run, shade, tendency, tenor), dirección (address, collocation, conduct, direction, directorate, editing, guidance, leadership, line, management, operation, running, supervision, way). (various references)

Swedish

trend (drift, impulse, vogue), tendera (tend), tendens (disposition, drift, drive, impulse, inclination, movement, run, set, tendency, tide). (various references)

Turkish

yönelmek (bear, bend, face, front, head, head for, slant, steer for, tend, wend one's way), yön (aspect, bearings, channel, complexion, course, direction, directional, facet, sense, way), meyil (affection, aptitude, bias, cant, declivity, gradient, gravitation, inclination, incline, lean, leaning, liking, obliquity, penchant, proclivity, proneness, propensity, slant, slope, talus, tendency, tide, tilt), gidişat (complexion, course, drift, going, goings on, set, state of affairs, way), eğimli olmak (fall, fall away, pitch, slope), eğilim (affection, aptitude, bent, bias, current, device, disposition, drift, gravitation, inclination, leaning, liability, notion, obliquity, penchant, ply, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, pulse, relish, sense, set, slant, squint, tendency, tenor, tide, tilt, turn, twist), akım (current, flow, movement, rheo-, stream). (various references)

Turkmen 

ugur (direction, list). (various references)

Ukrainian

тенденція (proclivity, spirit, tendence, tendency), відхилятися (bear off, deflect, deviate, diverge, incline, lapse, run off, skew, stray, swerve, turn, turn aside), напрям (bearings, course, direction, lay, line, range, road, school, sect, set, tack, tenor, tide), мода (craze, fashion, style, ton, vogue), мати тенденцію. (various references)

Vietnamese 

xu hướng (avocation, bent, calling, proclivity, tendency, tide), phương hướng khuynh hướng, chiều hướng (course, run). (various references)

Welsh

tueddu (incline, tend), rhediad (running, slope). (various references)

trenden. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "trend": trended, trendier, trendies, trendiest, trendily, trendiness, trendinesses, trending, trends, trendsetter, trendsetters, trendsetting, trendy. (additional references)

Words ending with "trend": countertrend, downtrend, subtrend, uptrend. (additional references)

Words containing "trend": countertrends, downtrends, heartrending, heartrendingly, subtrends, untrendy, uptrends. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Trend" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Arend, crend, drend, srend, tarent, terd, tiend, Tienda, Torand, trand, tranq, tred, Treen, Treena, trem, tren, trende, trendi, trendz, trenk, Treno, treny, trern, treyn, trinad, trind, trint, trond, trund, Tuenda, turend, wrend. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: dent, nerd, rend, rent, tend, tern.

-2 letters: den, end, ern, net, red, ret, ted, ten.

-3 letters: de, ed, en, er, et, ne, re.

+1 letter: ardent, ranted, rented, rident, rodent, tender, tinder, trends, trendy, trined, turned.

+2 letters: antired, bartend, centred, credent, daunter, denture, detrain, dextran, dextrin, donnert, dragnet, entered, erodent, fronted, granted, grunted, inditer, intrude, mordent, natured, nitride, portend, pretend, printed, protend, prudent, retuned, rodents, rundlet, snorted, stander, tenders, tendril, tenured, thorned, throned, thunder, tinders, tindery, trained, tranced, trended, trident, trindle, trodden, trudgen, trundle, trunked, turdine, undrest, unrated, untired, untread, untried, uptrend, verdant.