trend

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  1. noun The general direction in which something tends to move.
  2. noun A general tendency or inclination. See Synonyms at tendency.
  3. noun Current style; vogue: the latest trend in fashion.
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  • Calves, stockers, feeders, and fats all seem to be edging higher, some more than others, but at the moment the trend is the same. —  CattleNetwork
  • Artists who cavil at the supposed 'devaluation' of music through piracy neglect to mention the long-term trend, which is that, while money generated by recorded music sales is becoming an ever smaller slice of the pie, the pie itself (taking into account live receipts, merchandising and the rest), for artists on Calvin Harris 'level, is bigger than ever. —  NME.COM - News
  • This trend is also visible in Poland, where Netia is expecting to double its current IP traffic by end of 2010. —  Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
  • One good example of the trend is a joint project, announced on Sunday, between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and GE Healthcare. —  Bits
  • The industry has reported from countries as far apart as Ireland and New Zealand, lterally on the opposite sides of the planet, that the trend is the same, users prefer to communicate by SMS text messaging, rather than voice. —  Communities Dominate Brands
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  1. From Middle English trenden, to revolve, from Old English trendan.

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  1. from Middle English trenden, from Anglo-Saxon *trendan (found only in deriv. ā-trendlian) =Middle Low German trenden, roll; cf. OFries. trind, trund =Middle Low German trint, trent, round, =Swedish Danish trind, round (Danish trindt, around); Middle Dutch *trent =Middle Low German trent, a ring, circle; whence in the adverbial phrase Middle Low German umme den trent, umtrent, Low German umtrent =D. omtrent =Swedish Danish omtrent, around. Cf. trendle, trundle.
  2. from trend, v.
  3. Perhaps for tren, separate: see tren.
  4. See trend, v.
 

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