trend
Nouns
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(n) a general direction in which something tends to move
- the shoreward tendency of the current
- the trend of the stock market
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(n) general line of orientation
- the river takes a southern course
- the northeastern trend of the coast
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(n) 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
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(n) the popular taste at a given time
- leather is the latest vogue
- he followed current trends
- the 1920s had a style of their own
Verbs
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(v) turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- The car cut to the left at the intersection
- The motorbike veered to the right