Dictionary Check: trend

"trend" is a valid word!

Scrabble 6 points
Words with Friends 7 points

Definition

noun

a general direction in which something tends to move

Example: "the shoreward tendency of the current"
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noun

general line of orientation

Example: "the river takes a southern course"
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noun

a general tendency to change (as of opinion)

Example: "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"
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noun

the popular taste at a given time

Example: "leather is the latest vogue"
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verb

turn sharply; change direction abruptly

Example: "The car cut to the left at the intersection"
verb

to be temporarily popular

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