Trend - Definition

n 1: a general direction in which something tends to move; "the
shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock
market" [syn: tendency, trend]
2: general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern
course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast" [syn:
course, trend]
3: 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" [syn: drift, trend,
movement]
4: the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest
vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style
of their own" [syn: vogue, trend, style]
v 1: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to
the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the
right" [syn: swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer,
slue, slew, cut]