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TREND

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The popular taste at a given time

Example:

the 1920s had a style of their own

Synonyms:

style; trend; vogue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("trend" is a kind of...):

appreciation; discernment; perceptiveness; taste (delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trend"):

New Look (a style of women's clothing created by Christian Dior in 1947; involved a tight bodice and narrow waist and a flowing pleated skirt)

fashion (the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior)

bandwagon (a popular trend that attracts growing support)

Derivation:

trendy (in accord with the latest fad)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A general tendency to change (as of opinion)

Example:

a broad movement of the electorate to the right

Synonyms:

drift; movement; trend

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("trend" is a kind of...):

disposition; inclination; tendency (an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trend"):

evolutionary trend (a general direction of evolutionary change)

gravitation (a figurative movement toward some attraction)

Sense 3

Meaning:

General line of orientation

Example:

the northeastern trend of the coast

Synonyms:

course; trend

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("trend" is a kind of...):

direction; way (a line leading to a place or point)

Derivation:

trend (turn sharply; change direction abruptly)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A general direction in which something tends to move

Example:

the trend of the stock market

Synonyms:

tendency; trend

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("trend" is a kind of...):

direction; way (a line leading to a place or point)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Turn sharply; change direction abruptly

Example:

The motorbike veered to the right

Synonyms:

curve; cut; sheer; slew; slue; swerve; trend; veer

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "trend" is one way to...):

turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "trend"):

peel off (leave a formation)

yaw (swerve off course momentarily)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

trend (general line of orientation)

Credits

 Context examples: 

But the population growth trend is not affecting all European countries.

(Is the Global Crisis Triggering Basic Instincts?, BOGDAN FLORIN PAUL)

As of 2008, CCl4 accounted for about 11 percent of chlorine available for ozone depletion, which is not enough to alter the decreasing trend of ozone-depleting substances.

(Ozone-depleting compound persists, NASA)

It keeps track of health trends, tries to find the cause of health problems and outbreaks of disease, and responds to new public health threats.

(CDC, NCI Dictionary)

“So far as I can judge the trend of events, you will probably be back in Berlin within the week,” the secretary was saying.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The decrease, sometimes referred to as "browning," suggests a slow adjustment to the long-term drying trend.

(NASA finds drought may take toll on Congo rainforest, NASA)

Significant inverse trends were observed for CRC specific mortality, as well.

(Healthy Diets Have Better Impact on Colorectal Cancer, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

However, when looking at body fat instead, we showed there was a trend whereby children who were not active were more likely to be overweight or obese.

(Children who walk to school less likely to be overweight or obese, study suggests, University of Cambridge)

The trend resulted in expected changes to most biological variables, including decreased streamflow and increased thickness of permanent ice cover on lakes.

(Extreme melt season leads to decade-long ecosystem changes in Antarctica's Dry Valleys, National Science Foundation)

The scientists observed a long-term trend of decreasing woodlands and increasing shrublands.

(Land cover change in Botswana savannas: Don't blame the elephants, National Science Foundation)

Herself fastidious and timid, she never awakened to the perilous trend of their intercourse.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)