[trɛnd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a general direction in which something is developing or changing
(e.g: an upward trend in sales and profit margins)

- a fashion
(e.g: the latest trends in modern dance)

- a topic that is the subject of many posts on a social media site or application within a short period of time
(e.g: for more than 20 days in a row, most of the top Twitter trends were Olympics-related)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English trendan ‘revolve, rotate’, of Germanic origin; compare with trundle. The verb sense ‘turn in a specified direction’ dates from the late 16th century, and gave rise to the figurative use ‘develop in a general direction’ in the mid 19th century, a development paralleled in the noun

[trɛnd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- change or develop in a general direction
(e.g: unemployment has been trending upwards)

- (of a topic) be the subject of many posts on a social media site or application within a short period of time
(e.g: I've just taken a quick look at what's trending on Twitter right now)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English trendan ‘revolve, rotate’, of Germanic origin; compare with trundle. The verb sense ‘turn in a specified direction’ dates from the late 16th century, and gave rise to the figurative use ‘develop in a general direction’ in the mid 19th century, a development paralleled in the noun