NOUN | location | trend, tendency | a general direction in which something tends to move |
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location | trend, course | general line of orientation | |
cognition | trend, drift, movement | a general tendency to change (as of opinion) | |
cognition | trend, vogue, style | the popular taste at a given time | |
VERB | motion | trend, swerve, sheer, curve, veer, slue, slew, cut | turn sharply |
Sounds | treh'nd | |
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Rhymes | amend ... wend: 48 rhymes with ehnd... |
Meaning | A general direction in which something tends to move. | |
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Example | "the trend of the stock market" | |
Synonym | tendency | |
Broader | direction, way | A line leading to a place or point |
Spanish | tendencia | |
Catalan | tendència |
Meaning | general line of orientation. | |
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Example | "the northeastern trend of the coast" | |
Synonym | course | |
Broader | direction, way | A line leading to a place or point |
Spanish | curso, tendencia, trazado | |
Catalan | curs, traçat | |
Verbs | trend | turn sharply |
Meaning | A general tendency to change (as of opinion). | |
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Example | "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book" | |
Synonyms | drift, movement | |
Narrower | evolutionary trend | A general direction of evolutionary change |
gravitation | A figurative movement toward some attraction | |
Broader | inclination, disposition, tendency | An attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others |
Spanish | corriente, tendencia | |
Catalan | corrent |
Meaning | The popular taste at a given time. | |
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Example | "he followed current trends" | |
Synonyms | vogue, style | |
Narrower | New Look | A style of women's clothing created by Christian Dior in 1947 |
bandwagon | A popular trend that attracts growing support | |
fashion | The latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior | |
Broader | taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness | Delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values) |
Spanish | estilo, moda, tendencia | |
Catalan | estil, moda, tendència | |
Adjectives | trendy | in accord / accord with the latest fad |
Meaning | Turn sharply; change direction abruptly. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
Synonyms | swerve, sheer, curve, veer, slue, slew, cut | |
Narrower | peel off | Leave a formation |
yaw | swerve off course momentarily | |
Broader | turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense |
Spanish | virar | |
Nouns | trend | general line of orientation |
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