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W2S2 [trend] n
[: Old English; Origin: trendan 'to turn, go around']
1.) a general tendency in the way a situation is changing or developing
trend towards
▪ Lately there has been a trend towards hiring younger, cheaper employees.
trend in
▪ recent trends in education
▪ The current trend is towards more part-time employment.
▪ the general trend towards the centralization of political power
▪ A disturbing trend is that victims of violence are getting younger.
▪ The growing trend is for single mothers to bring up children by themselves.
▪ Even so, the underlying trend is positive.
▪ national and international economic trends
▪ the downward trend in the price of gold
▪ Successive presidents have tried to reverse this trend , but without success.
2.) set the trend
to start doing something that other people copy
▪ Larger corporations are setting the trend for better maternity benefits.
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
recent trend
current/present/latest trend
general trend
alarming/worrying/disturbing trend
growing/increasing/rising trend
underlying/long-term trend (=the trend over a long period of time)
economic trends
downward/upward trend (=a tendency for something to increase or decrease)
reverse/buck the trend (=make a trend go in the opposite direction)
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Dictionary of contemporary English.
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