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trend

name · noun · verb · 18 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /tɹɛnd/
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  • rhymes with -ɛnd
  • CMU ARPABET: T R EH1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A town in Vesthimmerland Municipality, North Jutland, Denmark.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An inclination in a particular direction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the trend of a coastline
  • the upward trend of stock-market prices

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A tendency.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • There is a trend, these days, for people in films not to smoke.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A fad or fashion style.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Miniskirts were one of the biggest trends of the 1960s.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Clean wool.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, dated, dialectal, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • The shore of the sea trends to the southwest.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To cause to turn; to bend.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, intransitive

Qualifier: social media

Examples

  • What topics have been trending on social networks this week?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

verb

Meaning 13

To cleanse or clean (something, usually wool).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

the popular taste at a given time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • leather is the latest vogue
  • he followed current trends
  • the 1920s had a style of their own

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vogue, style

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness

Narrower terms: New Look, fashion, bandwagon

15

noun

Meaning 15

a general tendency to change (as of opinion)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book
  • a broad movement of the electorate to the right

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: drift, movement

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inclination, disposition, tendency

Narrower terms: evolutionary trend, gravitation

16

noun

Meaning 16

general line of orientation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the river takes a southern course
  • the northeastern trend of the coast

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: course

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: direction, way

17

noun

Meaning 17

a general direction in which something tends to move

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the shoreward tendency of the current
  • the trend of the stock market

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tendency

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: direction, way

18

verb

Meaning 18

turn sharply; change direction abruptly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The car cut to the left at the intersection
  • The motorbike veered to the right

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: swerve, sheer, curve, veer, slue, slew, cut

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: turn

Narrower terms: peel off, yaw

History

Etymology

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.

Compare German trennen (“to separate”).

Across languages

Translations

175 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: tendencë — inclination in a direction
  • Armenian: միտում (mitum) — inclination in a direction
  • Armenian: տենդենցիա (tendencʻia) — inclination in a direction
  • Azerbaijani: tendensiya — inclination in a direction
  • Azerbaijani: meyil — inclination in a direction
  • Belarusian: тэндэ́нцыя (tendéncyja) — inclination in a direction
  • Belarusian: трэнд (trend) — inclination in a direction
  • Bulgarian: насо́ченост (nasóčenost) — inclination in a direction
  • Bulgarian: направле́ние (napravlénie) — inclination in a direction
  • Bulgarian: тенде́нция (tendéncija) — inclination in a direction
  • Catalan: tendència — inclination in a direction
  • Catalan: vessant — inclination in a direction
  • Catalan: corrent — inclination in a direction
  • Chinese Mandarin: 趨勢 /趋势 (qūshì) — inclination in a direction
  • Czech: tendence — inclination in a direction
  • Czech: trend — inclination in a direction
  • Danish: tendens — inclination in a direction
  • Danish: retning — inclination in a direction
  • Danish: strømning — inclination in a direction
  • Danish: trend — inclination in a direction
  • Dutch: trend — inclination in a direction
  • Dutch: neiging — inclination in a direction
  • Estonian: tendents — inclination in a direction
  • Estonian: trend — inclination in a direction
  • Finnish: suuntaus — inclination in a direction
  • Finnish: kehityssuunta — inclination in a direction
  • Finnish: trendi — inclination in a direction
  • French: penchant — inclination in a direction
  • French: tendance — inclination in a direction
  • Georgian: ტენდენცია (ṭendencia) — inclination in a direction
  • German: Trend — inclination in a direction
  • German: Tendenz — inclination in a direction
  • German: Neigung — inclination in a direction
  • Greek: τάση (tási) — inclination in a direction
  • Greek: ροπή (ropí) — inclination in a direction
  • Hebrew: נְטִיָּה — inclination in a direction
  • Hebrew: מְגַמָּה — inclination in a direction
  • Hindi: प्रवृत्ति (pravŕtti) — inclination in a direction
  • Hindi: झुकाव (jhukāv) — inclination in a direction
  • Hindi: उपनति (upanti) — inclination in a direction
  • Hungarian: irányzat — inclination in a direction
  • Hungarian: tendencia — inclination in a direction
  • Hungarian: trend — inclination in a direction
  • Icelandic: tilhneiging — inclination in a direction
  • Italian: tendenza — inclination in a direction
  • Japanese: 傾向 (keikō) — inclination in a direction
  • Japanese: トレンド (torendo) — inclination in a direction
  • Japanese: 趨勢 (sūsei) — inclination in a direction
  • Kazakh: үрдіс (ürdıs) — inclination in a direction
  • Kazakh: тенденция (tendensiä) — inclination in a direction
  • Korean: 경향 (gyeonghyang) — inclination in a direction
  • Korean: 추세 (chuse) — inclination in a direction
  • Korean: 트렌드 (teurendeu) — inclination in a direction
  • Central Kurdish: ڕەوەت (rewet) — inclination in a direction
  • Kyrgyz: тенденция (tendentsiya) — inclination in a direction
  • Latvian: tendence — inclination in a direction
  • Lithuanian: tendencija — inclination in a direction
  • Macedonian: тенденција (tendencija) — inclination in a direction
  • Macedonian: тренд (trend) — inclination in a direction
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trend — inclination in a direction
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tendens — inclination in a direction
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trend — inclination in a direction
  • Persian: گرایش (gerâyeš) — inclination in a direction
  • Polish: tendencja — inclination in a direction
  • Polish: trend — inclination in a direction
  • Portuguese: tendência — inclination in a direction
  • Romanian: tendință — inclination in a direction
  • Russian: тенде́нция (tɛndɛ́ncija) — inclination in a direction
  • Russian: тренд (trɛnd) — inclination in a direction
  • Russian: направле́ние (napravlénije) — inclination in a direction
  • Serbo-Croatian: тендѐнција — inclination in a direction
  • Serbo-Croatian: тре̏нд — inclination in a direction
  • Serbo-Croatian: tendèncija — inclination in a direction
  • Serbo-Croatian: trȅnd — inclination in a direction
  • Slovak: tendencia — inclination in a direction
  • Slovak: trend — inclination in a direction
  • Slovene: tendenca — inclination in a direction
  • Spanish: tendencia — inclination in a direction
  • Spanish: tónica — inclination in a direction
  • Spanish: corriente — inclination in a direction
  • Swahili: mwelekeo mkuu — inclination in a direction
  • Swedish: tendens — inclination in a direction
  • Tajik: майл (mayl) — inclination in a direction
  • Tajik: тамоюл (tamoyul) — inclination in a direction
  • Telugu: పోకడ (pōkaḍa) — inclination in a direction
  • Telugu: ధోరణి (dhōraṇi) — inclination in a direction
  • Turkish: gidişat — inclination in a direction
  • Turkish: akım — inclination in a direction
  • Turkish: tandans — inclination in a direction
  • Ukrainian: тенде́нція (tendéncija) — inclination in a direction
  • Ukrainian: на́прям (náprjam) — inclination in a direction
  • Ukrainian: тренд (trend) — inclination in a direction
  • Uzbek: tendensiya — inclination in a direction
  • Uzbek: mayl — inclination in a direction
  • Welsh: tuedd — inclination in a direction
  • Arabic: رَائِج (rāʔij) — a fad
  • Arabic: مُتَدَاوَل (mutadāwal) — a fad
  • Bulgarian: мо́дна тенде́нция (módna tendéncija) — a fad
  • Catalan: moda — a fad
  • Catalan: tendència — a fad
  • Chinese Mandarin: 潮流 (cháoliú) — a fad
  • Dutch: trend — a fad
  • Dutch: rage — a fad
  • Esperanto: furoro — a fad
  • Finnish: trendi — a fad
  • Finnish: muoti — a fad
  • Finnish: villitys — a fad
  • Finnish: tyyli — a fad
  • Finnish: muotivirtaus — a fad
  • French: tendance — a fad
  • Georgian: ტრენდი (ṭrendi) — a fad
  • German: Trend — a fad
  • Hebrew: אופנה \ אׇפְנָה (ofná) — a fad
  • Hebrew: טְרֶנְד (trend) — a fad
  • Icelandic: tíska — a fad
  • Italian: tendenza — a fad
  • Italian: moda — a fad
  • Japanese: トレンド (torendo) — a fad
  • Khmer: និន្នាការ (ninniəkaa) — a fad
  • Northern Kurdish: trend — a fad
  • Northern Kurdish: mode — a fad
  • Malay: sohor kini — a fad
  • Māori: ia — a fad
  • Māori: tāera — a fad
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trend — a fad
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trend — a fad
  • Polish: trend — a fad
  • Portuguese: moda — a fad
  • Portuguese: modinha — a fad
  • Romanian: trend — a fad
  • Romanian: tendință — a fad
  • Russian: тренд (trɛnd) — a fad
  • Russian: мо́да (móda) — a fad
  • Serbo-Croatian: тре̏нд — a fad
  • Serbo-Croatian: trȅnd — a fad
  • Spanish: moda — a fad
  • Thai: แนว (nɛɛo) — a fad
  • Thai: แนวโน้ม (nɛɛo-nóom) — a fad
  • Turkish: moda — a fad
  • Turkish: akım — a fad
  • Turkish: trend — a fad
  • Ukrainian: тренд (trend) — a fad
  • Ukrainian: мо́да (móda) — a fad
  • Vietnamese: trào lưu — a fad
  • Welsh: trend — a fad
  • Bulgarian: клоня (klonja) — To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend
  • Finnish: kulkea — To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend
  • Finnish: suuntautua — To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend
  • German: verlaufen — To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend
  • German: erstrecken — To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend
  • German: streben — To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend
  • German: neigen — To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend
  • Italian: tendere — To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend
  • Meru: miitire — To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend
  • Portuguese: tender — To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend
  • Bulgarian: отклонявам (otklonjavam) — To cause to turn; to bend
  • Finnish: kääntää — To cause to turn; to bend
  • German: wenden — To cause to turn; to bend
  • Arabic: يَرُوج (yarūj) — to be the subject of a trend
  • Arabic: يُتَدَاوَل (yutadāwal) — to be the subject of a trend
  • German: trenden — to be the subject of a trend
  • German: bewegen — to be the subject of a trend
  • German: beschäftigen — to be the subject of a trend
  • German: angesagt sein — to be the subject of a trend
  • German: en vogue sein — to be the subject of a trend
  • German: populär sein — to be the subject of a trend
  • Spanish: estar de moda — to be the subject of a trend
  • Spanish: estar a la última — to be the subject of a trend
  • Spanish: estar/ser canchero/trendy — to be the subject of a trend
  • Spanish: estilarse — to be the subject of a trend
  • Spanish: llevarse — to be the subject of a trend
  • Spanish: ser de ahora — to be the subject of a trend
  • Spanish: ser tendencia/tónica — to be the subject of a trend
  • Vietnamese: nổi — to be the subject of a trend
  • Vietnamese: thịnh hành — to be the subject of a trend
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