trend

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a general direction in which something tends to move

- the trend of the stock market

Similar word(s): tendency

Definition categories: location, direction, way

2. general line of orientation

- the northeastern trend of the coast

Similar word(s): course

Definition categories: location, direction, way

3. a general tendency to change (as of opinion)

- not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book

Similar word(s): drift, movement

Definition categories: thought, disposition, inclination, tendency

4. the popular taste at a given time

- he followed current trends

Similar word(s): style, vogue

Definition categories: thought, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness, taste

Sentences with trend as a noun:

- the trend of a coastline;

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

- Miniskirts were one of the biggest trends of the 1960s.

verb

1. turn sharply; change direction abruptly

Similar word(s): curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, swerve, veer

Definition categories: motion, turn

Sentences with trend as a verb:

- The shore of the sea trends to the southwest.

- What topics have been trending on social networks this week?