trend
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: mathematics
nautical
sciences
transport
Etymology: From Middle English trenden (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Old English trendan (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Proto-West Germanic *trandijan (“to turn, roll, revolve”), apparently derived from a strong verb Proto-West Germanic *trindan. Cognate with Dutch trent (“circumference”). Akin to Old English trinde (“ball”), Old English tryndel (“circle, ring”). More at trindle, trundle.
Inflected forms:
form: trends
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: trends
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: trending
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: trended
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: trended
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An inclination in a particular direction.
pos: noun
examples: the trend of a coastline
the upward trend of stock-market prices
Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent,[…]. This trend will put additional strain not only on global energy resources but also on the environmental prospects of a warming planet.
gloss: A tendency.
pos: noun
examples: There is a trend, these days, for people in films not to smoke.
gloss: A fad or fashion style.
pos: noun
examples: Miniskirts were one of the biggest trends of the 1960s.
To stay on top of what's happening, a good photographer has to follow the trends by watching what's being done in fashion magazines.
But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days).
gloss: A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points.
pos: noun
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.
pos: noun
gloss: To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The shore of the sea trends to the southwest.
Huntsman starts out with a vision of Theron that’s specific, unique, and weighted in character, but it trends throughout toward generic fantasy tropes and black-and-white morality, and climaxes in a thoroughly familiar face-off.
gloss: To cause to turn; to bend.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Not farre beneath i' the Valley as ſhe trends / Her ſiluer ſtreame, ſome VVood-nymphs and her friends / That follovv'd to her aide, beholding hovv / The Brooke came gliding, […]
gloss: To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.
pos: verb
tags: informal
intransitive
examples: What topics have been trending on social networks this week?
"Puppy Bowl" was even a trending sports topic on Facebook.
The hashtag #RepublicofThailand trended on Twitter in Thailand on Friday after parliament voted to push back the question of changing the constitution as protesters have demanded.
The platform, founded in 2006, also came along just as TV’s cultural cachet was rising, with a growth in ambitious, talk-about-able appointment series. “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad” premiered during its run; twist-heavy serials like “Scandal” and “Game of Thrones” delivered the kind of OMG moments that got them trending regularly.
Related words: craze
fad
Derived words: antitrend
buck the trend
cephalocaudal trend
countertrend
detrend
downtrend
gigatrend
macrotrend
megatrend
microtrend
minitrend
on trend
subtrend
trendbait
trend-busting
trendify
trendite
trendle
trendless
trendlet
trend line
trendoid
trend piece
trendsetter
trendsetting
trendspotter
trendspotting
trendwatcher
trendwhore
trickle-up trend
uptrend
betrend
trendy
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