TREND

Definition of Trend
Noun

1. tendency, trend (a general direction in which something tends to move) "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"

2. course, trend (general line of orientation) "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"

3. drift, trend, movement (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"

4. vogue, trend, style (the popular taste at a given time) "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"

Verb

1. swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut (turn sharply; change direction abruptly) "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"

Adjectives for TREND
significant; important; radical; philosophic; noticeable; recent; future; mystical; practical; probable; impressive; unhealthy; gambling; significant.

Verbs
affect—; approve—; detect—; discern—; divert—; emphasize—; encourage—; foster—; govern—; hail—; herald—; illustrate—; indicate—; influence—; obscure—; promote—; recognize—; regulate—; retard—; reverse—; scotch—; sense—; sway—; warp—; —departs from; —deviates; —inclines toward; —shifts; —signifies; —swerves.

(See mode, fashion, style, tendency.)