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From Middle English trenden (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Old English trendan (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Proto-West Germanic *trandijan (“to turn, roll, revolve”), apparently derived from a strong verb Proto-West Germanic *trindan. Cognate with Dutch trent (“circumference”). Akin to Old English trinde (“ball”), Old English tryndel (“circle, ring”). More at trindle, trundle.

trend (plural trends)

  1. An inclination in a particular direction.
    the trend of a coastline
    the upward trend of stock-market prices
  2. A tendency.
    There is a trend, these days, for people in films not to smoke.
  3. A fad or fashion style.
    Miniskirts were one of the biggest trends of the 1960s.
    • 2006, Michael Grecco, Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait, Amphoto Books, →ISBN, page 114:
      To stay on top of what's happening, a good photographer has to follow the trends by watching what's being done in fashion magazines.
    • 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The Onion AV Club:
      But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days).
  4. (mathematics) A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points.
  5. (nautical) The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank from the throat that the arm measures from the throat to the bill.[1]
  6. (nautical) The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.

inclination in a direction

a fad

trend (third-person singular simple present trends, present participle trending, simple past and past participle trended)

"Puppy Bowl" was even a trending sports topic on Facebook.

  1. (intransitive) To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend.
    The shore of the sea trends to the southwest.
    • 2012 May 31, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Review: Snow White And The Huntsman”, in AV Club‎[1]:
      Huntsman starts out with a vision of Theron that’s specific, unique, and weighted in character, but it trends throughout toward generic fantasy tropes and black-and-white morality, and climaxes in a thoroughly familiar face-off.
  2. (transitive) To cause to turn; to bend.
    • 1616, William Browne, “The Fourth Song”, in Britannia’s Pastorals. The Second Booke, London: […] Thomas Snodham for George Norton, […], →OCLC, page 110:
      Not farre beneath i' the Valley as ſhe trends / Her ſiluer ſtreame, ſome VVood-nymphs and her friends / That follovv'd to her aide, beholding hovv / The Brooke came gliding, […]
  3. (social media, intransitive, informal) To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.
    What topics have been trending on social networks this week?
    • 2016 February 3, Voice of America, “Trending Today: Puppy Bowl”, in Voice of America‎[2], Voice of America:
      "Puppy Bowl" was even a trending sports topic on Facebook.
    • 2020 September 25, Reuters Staff, “Thai republican hashtag trends after constitution change delayed”, in Reuters‎[3], Reuters, retrieved 25 September 2020:
      The hashtag #RepublicofThailand trended on Twitter in Thailand on Friday after parliament voted to push back the question of changing the constitution as protesters have demanded.
    • 2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times‎[4]:
      The platform, founded in 2006, also came along just as TV’s cultural cachet was rising, with a growth in ambitious, talk-about-able appointment series. “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad” premiered during its run; twist-heavy serials like “Scandal” and “Game of Thrones” delivered the kind of OMG moments that got them trending regularly.

to be the subject of a trend

Compare German trennen (“to separate”).

trend (uncountable)

  1. (UK, dialect, dated) Clean wool.

trend (third-person singular simple present trends, present participle trending, simple past and past participle trended)

  1. To cleanse or clean (something, usually wool).

  2. ^ 1841, Richard Henry Dana Jr., The Seaman's Friend

Borrowed from English trend.

trend f (plural trends, diminutive trendje n)

  1. trend, tendency

From English trend. Compare Finnish trendi.

trend (genitive trendi, partitive trendi)

  1. trend, tendency (the direction of change of a certain (quantifiable) phenomenon)
    Uus trend on kodukontorites töötamine.
    Working from home offices is a new trend.
Declension of trend (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative trend trendid
accusative nom.
gen. trendi
genitive trendide
partitive trendi trendetrendisid
illative trenditrendisse trendidessetrendesse
inessive trendis trendidestrendes
elative trendist trendidesttrendest
allative trendile trendideletrendele
adessive trendil trendideltrendel
ablative trendilt trendidelttrendelt
translative trendiks trendidekstrendeks
terminative trendini trendideni
essive trendina trendidena
abessive trendita trendideta
comitative trendiga trendidega

trend

  1. singular imperative of trenden

From English trend.[1]

trend

  1. trend

  2. ^ István Tótfalusi (2005), Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára [A Storehouse of Foreign Words: An Explanatory and Etymological Dictionary of Foreign Words], Budapest: Tinta, →ISBN

trend m (invariable)

  1. trend
    Synonym: tendenza

  2. ^ trend in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Unadapted borrowing from English trend, from Middle English trenden (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Old English trendan (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Proto-West Germanic *trandijan (“to turn, roll, revolve”), apparently derived from a strong verb Proto-West Germanic *trindan.

trend (Jawi spelling تريند, plural **trend-trend or **trend2)

  1. trend
    Dia selalu ikut trend fesyen terkini.
    She always follows the latest fashion trends.

From English trend.

trend m (definite singular trenden, indefinite plural trender, definite plural trendene)

  1. a trend

From English trend.

trend m (definite singular trenden, indefinite plural trendar, definite plural trendane)

  1. a trend

Borrowed from English trend, from Middle English trenden, from Old English trendan, from Proto-Germanic *trandijaną.

trend m inan

  1. trend (fad)

Unadapted borrowing from English trend.

trend f (plural trends)

  1. (Internet slang) trend; content that goes viral on social media

Unadapted borrowing from English trend.

trend n (plural trenduri)

  1. trend

Borrowed from English trend.

trȅnd m inan (Cyrillic spelling тре̏нд)

  1. trend

Borrowed from English trend.

trend c

  1. a trend

From English trend.

trend (definite accusative trendi, plural trendler)

  1. trend

From English trend.

trend

  1. trend
    đú trend ― to follow a trend