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   trend

   /trɛnd/

   noun

   • 1. a general direction in which something is developing or changing: "an upward trend in sales and profit margins" Similar tendencymovementdriftswingshiftcoursecurrentrundirectioninclinationleaningbiasbent
   • 2. a fashion: "the latest trends in modern dance" Similar fashionvoguestylemodecrazemaniarageinformal:fadthing
   • 3. a topic that is the subject of many posts on a social media website or application within a short period of time: "for more than 20 days in a row, most of the top Twitter trends were Olympics-related"

   verb

   • 1. change or develop in a general direction: "unemployment has been trending upwards"
   • ▪ (especially of a geographical feature) bend or turn away in a specified direction: "the Richelieu River trending southward to Lake Champlain"
   • 2. (of a topic) be the subject of many posts on a social media website or application within a short period of time: "I've just taken a quick look at what's trending on Twitter right now"

   Word Origin Old Englishtrendan ‘revolve, rotate’, of Germanic origin; compare with trundle. The verb sense ‘turn in a specified direction’ dates from the late 16th century, and gave rise to the figurative use ‘develop in a general direction’ in the mid 19th century, a development paralleled in the noun.

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