trend English · revision 4672

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=a. 1000|origins=gem-pro *trandijaną}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /trend/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|trenden|t=to roll, turn, revolve]], [[inh|ang|trendan|t=to turn round, revolve, roll]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from [[gem-pro|*trandijaną]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) related to Old English trinde “round lump, ball” and trendel “circle, ring”, Old Frisian trind “round” and Middle Low German trent “ring, boundary”.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) Its origin outside Germanic is uncertain.^(Etymonline) It is related to [[trundle]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To turn round, revolve, roll: before 1000 in the OED and Barnhart.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In 1598, in Hakluyt's Voyages, it was used of rivers and coasts running or bending in a certain direction.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) This nautical sense led to “to have a general tendency”, of events or opinions, by 1863.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021) The noun first meant a rounded bend of a stream (about 1630),^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) then the general direction of a coast or river (1777),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and figuratively the general course or tendency of things from 1884.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) A prevailing new fashion in popular culture is from about 1950,^(Etymonline) and ''trendy'' from 1962.^(Barnhart 1988) In Middle English trending meant circular motion.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * a. 1000 – to revolve, roll.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1598 – of a coast, to run in a direction.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1630 – noun, a bend of a stream.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1777 – noun, a general direction.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1863 – to tend.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1884 – a tendency.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1950 – a fashion.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1962 – ''trendy''.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A general direction in which something is developing or changing.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A current [[fashion]] or style.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To develop or extend in a general direction.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Of a topic, to be very popular on [[social media]] at a particular time.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[countertrend]]

+ * [[megatrend]]

+ * [[subtrend]]

+ * [[trendoid]]

+ * [[trendsetter]]

+ * [[trendsetting]]

+ * [[downtrend]]

+ * [[uptrend]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[trundle]]

+ * [[trendy]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}