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1. A general direction in which something tends to move
   "the trend of the stock market"
   - tendency
    
2. General line of orientation
   "the northeastern trend of the coast"
   - course
    
3. A general tendency to change (as of opinion)
   "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"
   - drift, movement
    
4. The popular taste at a given time
   "he followed current trends"
   - vogue, style

1. Turn sharply; change direction abruptly
   - swerve, sheer, curve, veer, slue, slew, cut

Derived forms: trends, trended, trending

See also: trendy

Type of: appreciation, direction, discernment, disposition, inclination, perceptiveness, taste, tendency, turn, way

Encyclopedia: Trend