| 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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