English-French translations for trend

• flux
• penchant
  Ce penchant transparaît lorsqu' il est dit que les impôts et les cotisations sociales atteignent en Europe environ 46 % du PIB, contre seulement 30 % aux États-Unis et au Japon. This trend can also be seen from the reference to the fact that tax and social contributions in Europe account for approximately 46% of GDP, while in the USA and Japan they only account for 30%.
• tendance
  Cette tendance s'explique par deux facteurs. This trend is due to two factors.
  C'est une tendance très inquiétante. This is a very worrying trend.
  Cette action renverserait la tendance. This action would reverse the trend.
• tendre vers

Definition of trend

• An inclination in a particular direction
• A tendency
• A fad or fashion style
• A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points
• The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor
• To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend
• To cause to turn; to bend
• To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting
• Clean wool
• To cleanse or clean (something, usually wool

Examples

• the trend of a coastline
• the upward trend of stock-market prices
• There is a trend, these days, for people in films not to smoke
• Miniskirts were one of the biggest trends of the 1960s
• The shore of the sea trends to the southwest.
• What topics have been trending on social networks this week?

Related words

• trendy
• megatrend
• trendsetter
• detrending
• downtrend
• heartrending
• untrendy
• trendite
• trend-setter