0 a general development or change in a situation or in the way that people are behaving:
1 to be one of the words, subjects, or names that is being mentioned most often on a social media website or a news website at a particular time:
2 the general direction of changes or developments:
3 a general development in a situation or in the way that people behave:
consumer/industry/market trends Goods on the Retail Price Index have to be updated to accurately represent consumer trends.
a downward/upward trend Borrowing is on a downward trend.
a trend for sth They are profiting from a growing trend for eating out.
a trend in sth Manufacturers are being buffeted by trends in the global economy.
a trend towards/toward sth The trend toward bigger cars is new this year.
growing/long-term/underlying trends
4 a new development in clothing, make-up, etc.:
5 more or less than is usual:
6 to be different from or not be affected by the way that other people or things are behaving:
7 to make a general development go in the opposite direction:
Holding the rate of duty will do little to reverse the trend towards cross-border shopping.
8 to start doing something that other people copy:
Our employee focus could well set the trend for successful companies in the future.
The trend towards downshifting, where employees swap the stress of corporate life for more quality time, tempted 6% of the UK workforce last year.
You can't really extrapolate a trend from such a small sample.
A worrying trend for insurers has been a rise in fraudulent claims.
With an upward trend in inflation, you expect prices to rise.
The intention of a quick perusal of such a table is to observe trends, not attempt to produce statistical evidence.
There is no statistical evidence of a consistent yield trend of rice or wheat with time.
We conclude that a purely statistical analysis of the trend properties of economic time series is not sufficient.
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