the general course or prevailing tendency; drift: trends in the teaching of foreign languages; the trend of events.
style or vogue: the new trend in women's apparel.
the general direction followed by a road, river, coastline, or the like.
verb (used without object)
to have a general tendency, as events, conditions, etc.
to tend to take a particular direction; extend in some direction indicated.
to emerge as a popular trend; be currently popular: words that have trended this year.
Digital Technology. to be widely mentioned or discussed on the internet, especially in posts on social media websites: news stories that are trending online.
to veer or turn off in a specified direction, as a river, mountain range, etc.: The river trends toward the southeast.
Origin of trend
First recorded before 1000; Middle English trenden “to turn, roll,” Old English trendan; akin to Old English trinde “ball,” Dutch trent “circumference,” Swedish trind “round;” see trindle, trundle
In addition to taking manual readings, Apple says the watch can periodically take readings in the background to create a record for tracking trends.
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In the first part, we’ve explored trends, based on search data, and Gartner’s Hype Cycle to understand what’s transient and what’s here to stay, whether or not accelerated by the pandemic.
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On Thursday, Microsoft puts on sale its new Surface Duo device, a unique take on the folding phone trend that runs plenty of the company’s own mobile apps on top of Google’s Android operating system.
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That trend of having a first-party data relationship with audiences, that’s long term and will outlive the coronavirus crisis by a long way.
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But Republican and Democratic parties have made efforts to reverse that trend.
Asian-Americans Are The New Florida|Tim Mak|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The trend is particularly concentrated in the coastal states where women are wealthier, more educated, and more liberal.
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Nevetheless, Democratic rule has not only failed to halt the trend, but appears to have accelerated it.
Time to Bring Back the Truman Democrats|Joel Kotkin|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It also demonstrated that the so-called “trend” of natural went beyond trend.
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I hope that there is a trend away from the kind of “click-bait” type of essay that you often see on the Internet.
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We observe simply that the trend of modern thought is toward this system.
The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study|Jean-Marie Guyau
They have judged the trend of events and the probable results that are to follow, from the standpoint of the competitive system.
Solaris Farm|Milan C. Edson
From day to day he had watched, with his hand on the key-board, the development and trend of events.
History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of The United States|Edmund G. Ross
He also reported that the creek appeared to trend to the north for eight or ten miles.
Journals of Australian Explorations|A C and F T Gregory
The trend of the whole course of civilization has been and is to do anything but evolve citizens.
The Myth in Marriage|Alice Hubbard
British Dictionary definitions for trend
trend
/ (trɛnd) /
noun
general tendency or direction
fashion; mode
verb(intr)
to take a certain trend
Word Origin for trend
Old English trendan to turn; related to Middle Low German trenden
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