Trend

Quick meaning: Trend is a noun meaning An inclination in a particular direction.

Meaning

An inclination in a particular direction.

More Meanings

1. A tendency.
2. A fad or fashion style.
3. (mathematics) A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points.
4. (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.
5. (intransitive) To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend.
6. (transitive) To cause to turn; to bend.
7. (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.

Example Sentences

the trend of a coastline

the upward trend of stock-market prices

The shore of the sea trends to the southwest.

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

Word Forms

• trends
• trending
• trended

Synonyms for trend

Depending on context, synonyms include slew, drift, slue, curve, course, swerve.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tendency, vogue, course, curve, slue, swerve.

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