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Trend has 9 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
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 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

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

An inclination in a particular direction.

"The new winter collection features a trend of clean wool coats that are both stylish and easy to care for."

6

Clean wool.

In plain English: A trend is something that becomes popular and spreads quickly among people.

"The latest fashion trend is oversized sweaters."

Verb
1

turn sharply; change direction abruptly

"The car cut to the left at the intersection"

"The motorbike veered to the right"

2

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

"The shepherd took the dirty sheep to the river to trend them before shearing their wool."

3

To cleanse or clean (something, usually wool).

In plain English: To trend means to become popular or widely liked quickly among many people.

"The latest fashion trend started to fade away after just a few weeks."

Usage: Use as an intransitive verb meaning to move or develop in a specific direction, such as prices trending upward. Do not confuse this with the noun form when you need to describe the act of following popular styles.

Example Sentences
"The latest fashion trend is oversized sweaters." noun
"The latest fashion trend started to fade away after just a few weeks." verb
"The new style quickly trended among teenagers on social media." verb
"Many local shops tried to trend with the latest fashion trends." verb
"It is hard for a brand to trend online without significant marketing effort." verb
See Also
fashion detrend clean last big thing tend minitrend direction popular
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
direction inclination taste turn
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
evolutionary trend gravitation New Look fashion bandwagon peel off yaw

Origin

The word trend comes from the Middle English verb meaning "to roll about or turn." It traveled into modern usage with a shift in meaning from physical rotation to indicating a general direction of fashion or opinion.

Rhyming Words
end bend hend vend lend pend send tend zend wend mend fend rend emend 3 end piend fiend shend anend unend
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