Synonyms for trend


Grammar : Noun
Spell : trend
Phonetic Transcription : trɛnd

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Définition of trend

Origin :
  • 1590s, "to run or bend in a certain direction" (of rivers, coasts, etc.), from Middle English trenden "to roll about, turn, revolve," from Old English trendan, from Proto-Germanic *trandijanan (cf. Old English trinde "round lump, ball," Old Frisian trind, Middle Low German trint "round," Middle Low German trent "ring, boundary," Dutch trent "circumference," Danish trind "round"); origin and connections outside Germanic uncertain. Sense of "have a general tendency" (used of events, opinions, etc.) is first recorded 1863, from the nautical sense. Related: Trended; trending.
  • noun flow, current
  • noun style, fashion that is in favor
Example sentences :
  • His life has been that of his century—progressive, liberal, humanitarian in its trend.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • Which is, I suppose, the trend we are following, even if we follow it unconsciously.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • The man checked the trend of his thoughts by a mighty effort of will.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Quite egotistically she attributed to herself the trend of his friendship.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • John Porter viewed this trend with no little trepidation of feeling.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • The present trend of scientific thought is toward the theory of ions.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • Nor, from her expression, would it have been possible to have guessed the trend of her thoughts.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • The trend of the current of your life is beyond your grasp, beyond your comprehension.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • Then the trend of his thoughts being changed, he smiled wearily.
  • Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
  • And behind it all there is this: Are we satisfied with the trend of our modern civilisation?
  • Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy

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