trends

n. tendency, course, bearing; fashion, mode

v. slope, incline towards, stretch; have a tendency for; veer in a certain direction

Trend may refer to:The process of getting others to follow/copy, of their own free will your actions and/or style.A fad or fashion trend (see Fads and trends)Trendsetter (or early adopter). A person among the few who start a fashion or technology.Trendy (band) An American pop punk/punk rock trio. Trends Journal a publication of The Trends Research Institute.an observation gaining adapters.A short period weather forecast supplied to airfields.
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Noun
1. a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"
(synonym) tendency
(hypernym) direction, way
2. general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
(synonym) course
(hypernym) direction, way
(derivation) swerve, sheer, curve, veer, slue, slew, cut
3. 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"
(synonym) drift, movement
(hypernym) inclination, disposition, tendency
(hyponym) evolutionary trend
4. the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"
(synonym) vogue, style
(hypernym) taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness
(hyponym) New Look
Verb
1. turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
(synonym) swerve, sheer, curve, veer, slue, slew, cut
(hypernym) turn
(hyponym) peel off
(derivation) course

n. trend, tendency, fashion, mode

a current style or preference; maybe short or long lived.