trend
verb/trend/
/trend/
[intransitive] used especially in the progressive tensesVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they trend | /trend/ /trend/ |
| he / she / it trends | /trendz/ /trendz/ |
| past simple trended | /ˈtrendɪd/ /ˈtrendɪd/ |
| past participle trended | /ˈtrendɪd/ /ˈtrendɪd/ |
| -ing form trending | /ˈtrendɪŋ/ /ˈtrendɪŋ/ |
- to change or develop in a general direction
- Prices have been trending upwards.
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- (of a topic) to be discussed a lot on social media within a short period of time
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Word OriginOld English trendan ‘revolve, rotate’, of Germanic origin; compare with trundle. The verb sense ‘turn in a specified direction’ dates from the late 16th cent, and gave rise to the figurative use ‘develop in a general direction’ in the mid 19th cent., a development paralleled in the noun.
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