noun
a general direction in which something tends to move
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- the shoreward tendency of the current
- the trend of the stock market
noun
general line of orientation
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- the river takes a southern course
- the northeastern trend of the coast
noun
a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
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- not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book
- a broad movement of the electorate to the right
noun
the popular taste at a given time
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- leather is the latest vogue
- he followed current trends
- the 1920s had a style of their own
verb
turn sharply
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- change direction abruptly
- The car cut to the left at the intersection
- The motorbike veered to the right