trend

• IPA^(key): /tɹɛnd/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɛnd

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. Cognate with Dutch trent (“circumference”). Akin to Old English trinde (“ball”), Old English tryndel (“circle, ring”). More at trindle, trundle.

trend (plural trends)

1. An inclination in a particular direction.

   Her trend is to dump boyfriends when it gets serious.

   the upward trend of stock-market prices

   • 2013 September-October, Michael Sivak, “Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply?”, in American Scientist:

     Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent, […] . This trend will put additional strain not only on global energy resources but also on the environmental prospects of a warming planet.

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.

   • 2006, Michael Grecco, Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait, Amphoto Books, →ISBN, page 114:

     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.

   • 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The Onion AV Club:

     But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days).

4. An innovation, or a development of innovations.

   New trends in AI research are resulting in new opportunities.

5. A general development over distance.

   The trend of the boundary goes around the mountains.

6. (graph theory) A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points; the shift over time represented by such a curve on a graph.
7. (nautical) The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank from the throat that the arm measures from the throat to the bill.^[1]
8. (nautical) The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.
9. (US, slang) Synonym of street takeover

• craze
• fad

trend (third-person singular simple present trends, present participle trending, simple past and past participle trended)

1. (intransitive) To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend.

   The shore of the sea trends to the southwest.

   • 2012 May 31, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Review: Snow White And The Huntsman”, in AV Club‎^[1], archived from the original on 2 June 2012:

     Huntsman starts out with a vision of Theron that’s specific, unique, and weighted in character, but it trends throughout toward generic fantasy tropes and black-and-white morality, and climaxes in a thoroughly familiar face-off.

2. (transitive) To cause to turn; to bend.
   • 1616, William Browne, “The Fourth Song”, in Britannia’s Pastorals. The Second Booke, London: […] Thomas Snodham for George Norton, […], →OCLC, page 110:

     Not farre beneath i' the Valley as ſhe trends / Her ſiluer ſtreame, ſome VVood-nymphs and her friends / That follovv'd to her aide, beholding hovv / The Brooke came gliding, […]

3. (social media, intransitive, informal) To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.

   What topics have been trending on social networks this week?

   • 2016 February 3, Voice of America, “Trending Today: Puppy Bowl”, in Voice of America‎^[2], Voice of America:

     "Puppy Bowl" was even a trending sports topic on Facebook.

   • 2020 September 25, Reuters Staff, “Thai republican hashtag trends after constitution change delayed”, in Reuters‎^[3], Reuters, retrieved 25 September 2020:

     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.

   • 2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times‎^[4]:

     The platform, founded in 2006, also came along just as TV’s cultural cachet was rising, with a growth in ambitious, talk-about-able appointment series. “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad” premiered during its run; twist-heavy serials like “Scandal” and “Game of Thrones” delivered the kind of OMG moments that got them trending regularly.

• betrend
• trendy

Compare German trennen (“to separate”).

trend (uncountable)

1. (UK, dialect, dated) Clean wool.

trend (third-person singular simple present trends, present participle trending, simple past and past participle trended)

1. To cleanse or clean (something, usually wool).

• entr'd

Borrowed from English trend.

• IPA^(key): /trɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

• Audio:

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trend f (plural trends, diminutive trendje n)

1. trend, tendency

From English trend. Compare Finnish trendi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrenʲd̥/, [ˈtrenʲd̥]
• Rhymes: -enʲd
• Hyphenation: trend

trend (genitive trendi, partitive trendi)

1. trend, tendency (the direction of change of a certain (quantifiable) phenomenon)

   Uus trend on kodukontorites töötamine.

   Working from home offices is a new trend.

Declension of trend (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		trend	trendid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	trendi
genitive			trendide
partitive		trendi	trende trendisid
illative		trendi trendisse	trendidesse trendesse
inessive		trendis	trendides trendes
elative		trendist	trendidest trendest
allative		trendile	trendidele trendele
adessive		trendil	trendidel trendel
ablative		trendilt	trendidelt trendelt
translative		trendiks	trendideks trendeks
terminative		trendini	trendideni
essive		trendina	trendidena
abessive		trendita	trendideta
comitative		trendiga	trendidega

• trend in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “trend”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

trend

1. singular imperative of trenden

From English trend.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrɛnd]
• Rhymes: -ɛnd

trend

1. trend

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛnd/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛnd
• Hyphenation: trènd

trend m (invariable)

1. trend

   Synonym: tendenza

• dentr

• tren (Indonesia)

Unadapted borrowing from English trend, 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.

• (schwa-variety, /a/-variety, Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈtren/ [ˈt̪rɛn]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -ɛn
• Hyphenation: trend

trend (Jawi spelling تريند, plural trend-trend)

1. trend

   Dia selalu ikut trend fesyen terkini.

   She always follows the latest fashion trends.

• "trend" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "trend" at PRPM first version)

From English trend.

trend m (definite singular trenden, indefinite plural trender, definite plural trendene)

1. a trend

• tendens
• trendy

• “trend” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From English trend.

trend m (definite singular trenden, indefinite plural trendar, definite plural trendane)

1. a trend

• tendens
• trendy

• “trend” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from English trend, from Middle English trenden, from Old English trendan, from Proto-Germanic *trandijaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛnt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt
• Syllabification: trend

trend m inan

1. trend (fad)

• “trend”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[5] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “trend”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[6] (in Polish)

Unadapted borrowing from English trend.

trend f (plural trends)

1. (Internet slang) trend; content that goes viral on social media

Unadapted borrowing from English trend.

trend n (plural trenduri)

1. trend

Borrowed from English trend.

• IPA^(key): /trênd/

trȅnd m inan (Cyrillic spelling тре̏нд)

1. trend

Borrowed from English trend.

trend c

1. a trend

• trendig (“trendy”)

• “trend”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “trend”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “trend”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Borrowed from English trend.

• IPA^(key): /tɾɛnd/

trend (definite accusative trendi, plural trendler)

1. trend

Unadapted borrowing from English trend.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈɛŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʈɛŋ˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: tren

trend

1. (informal) trend

   đú trend ― to follow a trend