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trend n. [
tendency] 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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trend n. [
course] general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
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trend n. [
drift, movement] 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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trend v. [
swerve, sheer, curve, veer, slue, slew, cut] turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
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trend n. [
vogue, style] the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"
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