trend
IPA: trˈɛnd
noun
- An inclination in a particular direction.
- A tendency.
- A fad or fashion style.
- (mathematics) A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points.
- (nautical) The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank from the throat that the arm measures from the throat to the bill.
- (nautical) The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.
- (UK, dialect, dated) Clean wool.
- A surname.
- A town in Vesthimmerland Municipality, North Jutland, Denmark.
verb
- (intransitive) To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend.
- (transitive) To cause to turn; to bend.
- (social media, intransitive, informal) To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.
- To cleanse or clean (something, usually wool).
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Examples of "trend" in Sentences
- A popular trend is getting a perm.
- But the trend is really discouraging.
- The trends of the moment could change.
- They also extrapolate the trend to infinity.
- Definite trends are discernible in the analyses.
- The government is intent on hastening that trend.
- The current trends are favorable for the consumer.
- Another trend was the humanization of these deities.
- Following the fashion trends of the 1920s, Chanel produced beaded dresses.
- It is true that the recent dysgenic trends are not the cause of the IQ gap.