trend

US /trɛnd/

UK /trend/

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n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)Current style or fashion
The current trend is for people to use social media for than email to communicate
v.i.Intransitive VerbTo be current and popular
Sales of E-books trend up as those of real books trend down
n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)General direction that is taken
A new trend is listening to your books instead of reading them
v.i.Intransitive VerbTo move up or down
Share prices trend upwards at this time of year
n. (c./u.)Noun (Countable/Uncountable)A pattern of gradual change in a condition, output, or process, or an average or general tendency of a series of data points to move in a certain direction over time, represented by a line or curve on a graph.
Analysts are studying the trend in unemployment rates.

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