trend
//tɹɛnd//
Forms
- Plural
- trends
- present (v1)
- trend
- past (v2)
- trended
- past participle (v3)
- trended
- present participle
- trending
- 3rd person singular
- trends
Definitions
1.An inclination in a particular direction.
2.A tendency.
- There is a trend, these days, for people in films not to smoke.
3.A fad or fashion style.
- 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.
4.A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points.
1.To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend.
- The shore of the sea trends to the southwest.
2.To cause to turn; to bend.
3.To cleanse or clean (something, usually wool).
4.To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.(informal)
- "Puppy Bowl" was even a trending sports topic on Facebook.
- What topics have been trending on social networks this week?
- 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.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1748
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Synonyms
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.