German

Noun

Trend m ‎(genitive Trends, plural Trends)

1. trend

English

Noun

trend ‎(plural trends)

1. An inclination in a particular direction.

   the trend of a coastline;   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.‎

   • 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. (mathematics) A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points.
5. (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.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of R. H. Dana, Jr. to this entry?)

6. (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.

Translations

Verb

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 (Please provide the title of the work):

     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.
   • W. Browne

     Not far beneath i' the valley as she trends / Her silver stream.

3. (Internet, 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?

Translations

Derived terms

• betrend
• trendy

Etymology 2

Compare German trennen ‎(“to separate”).

Noun

trend ‎(uncountable)

1. (Britain, dialect, dated) clean wool

Verb

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

1. To cleanse, as wool.

Hungarian

Etymology

From English trend.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrɛnd]

Noun

trend

1. trend

Declension

References

1. ↑ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2

Italian

Noun

trend m ‎(invariable)

1. trend

Synonyms

• tendenza

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English trend

Noun

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

1. a trend

Related terms

• tendens
• trendy

References

• “trend” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English trend

Noun

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

1. a trend

Related terms

• tendens
• trendy

References

• “trend” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English trend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trênd/

Noun

trȅnd m ‎(Cyrillic spelling тре̏нд)

1. trend

Declension

Swedish

Noun

trend c

1. a trend

Declension