Trend Noun Social/Economic/Political/Demographic Fashion/Market Growing Retirement Article Discusses

• social/economic/political/demographic trends
• fashion/market trends
• there is a growing trend towards later retirement.
• the article discusses current trends in language teaching

trend

1. a general direction in which a situation is changing or developing
• SEE ALSO on-trend
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• social/economic/political/demographic trends
• fashion/market trends
• There is a growing trend towards later retirement.
• The article discusses current trends in language teaching
• This downward trend in sales is likely to continue.
• There has been an upward trend in the number of accidents reported.
• Predicting long-term trends in consumer behaviour is more difficult.
• A trend for romance and nostalgia has emerged.
• There is an increasing trend for students to live at home.
• You seem to have set (= started) a new trend.
• This trend is being reversed (= is going in the opposite direction).
• One region is attempting to buck (= oppose or resist) the trend of economic decline.
• Inflation continued its downward trend last month.
• Regional growth figures are following the national trend.
• The number of visitors to the city is showing an upward trend.
• The underlying trend of inflation is still upwards.
• If this trend continues, the species could soon become extinct.
• Linen is on trend (= fashionable) again this summer.

Extra Examples

• I can see a worrying trend in these results.
• In the 1960s, Britain set the fashion trends.
• The increase in crime in London was just part of a wider trend.
• The latest figures show a clear growth trend in the service sector.
• We are following the American trend towards more flexible working conditions.
• a trend away from narrow specialization
• Trends suggest that the car is becoming increasingly popular.

Word Origin

• Old English trendan ‘revolve, rotate’, of Germanic origin; compare with trundle. The verb sense ‘turn in a specified direction’ dates from the late 16th cent, and gave rise to the figurative use ‘develop in a general direction’ in the mid 19th cent., a development paralleled in the noun.