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Meaning of 'trend'
Meaning of 'trend' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Trend 
[ n.]
- Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general
direction; as, the trend of a coast. [ n.]- Clean wool.
2. Trend [ v. i.]
- To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to
tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest. [ v. i.]3. Trend [ v. t.]
- To cause to turn; to bend. [ v. t.]- To cleanse, as wool.
Meaning of 'trend' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. trend [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- the popular taste at a given time
- the popular taste at a given time
Example in sentence:
- he followed current trends;
- leather is the latest vogue;
- the 1920s had a style of their own
Meaning (2):
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
- a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
Example in sentence:
- a broad movement of the electorate to the right;
- not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book
Meaning (3):
- general line of orientation
- general line of orientation
Example in sentence:
- the northeastern trend of the coast;
- the river takes a southern course
Meaning (4):
- a general direction in which something tends to move
- a general direction in which something tends to move
Example in sentence:
- the shoreward tendency of the current;
- the trend of the stock market
2. trend [ v]
[ v]Meaning (5):
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
Example in sentence:
- The car cut to the left at the intersection;
- The motorbike veered to the right
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