Entry Word: trend

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a prevailing or general movement or inclination <according to the survey, thereʼs a growing trend for companies to run their own day-care centers for the benefit of employees>

Synonyms current, drift, leaning, run, tendency, tide, wind

Related Words curve, shift, swing, turn; custom, habit, propensity, tenor, way

2 a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time <still had a coat from the last trend for fake fur, when the material lined everything from boots to coats to bracelets> — see fad