trend

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A general direction in which something is changing or developing.

   There is a growing trend towards working from home.

2. 2
   noun

   A current fashion or popular style.

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

3. 3
   verb

   To be popular or widely talked about at a particular moment, especially online.

   The video was trending on social media all week.

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Simplified etymology

Trend comes from Old English trendan, “to revolve or rotate,” a Germanic verb related to trundle. By the late 16th century it could mean “turn in a specified direction,” and in the mid-19th century this developed into the sense “show a general tendency.”

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.

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