Trend meaning

What does “trend” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“trend” is a noun and verb with 5 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a general direction in which something tends to move.

trend

a general direction in which something tends to move
“the shoreward tendency of the current”
“the trend of the stock market”
Synonymstendency
general line of orientation
“the river takes a southern course”
“the northeastern trend of the coast”
Synonymscourse
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”
Synonymsdrift movement
the popular taste at a given time
“leather is the latest vogue”
“he followed current trends”
Synonymsvogue style

turn sharply; change direction abruptly
“The car cut to the left at the intersection”
“The motorbike veered to the right”
Synonymsswerve sheer curve veer slue slew cut

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University