a general direction in which something tends to move; the shoreward tendency of the current; the trend of the stock market

[ Syn: tendency ]

general line of orientation; the river takes a southern course; the northeastern trend of the coast

[ Syn: course ]

a general tendency to change (as of opinion); not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book; a broad movement of the electorate to the right

[ Syn: drift , movement ]

the popular taste at a given time; leather is the latest vogue; he followed current trends; the 1920s had a style of their own

[ Syn: vogue , style ]

turn sharply; change direction abruptly; The car cut to the left at the intersection; The motorbike veered to the right

[ Syn: swerve , sheer , curve , veer , slue , slew , cut ]