Tra từ trend - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

trend AW [trend trends trended trending] BrE [trend] NAmE [trend] noun
a general direction in which a situation is changing or developing
•economic/social/political trends
•~ (towards sth) There is a growing trend towards earlier retirement.
•~ (in sth) current trends in language teaching
•a downward/an upward trend in sales
• You seem to have set (= started) a new trend.
•This trend is being reversed (= is going in the opposite direction).
•One region is attempting to buck (= oppose or resist) the trend of economic decline.
•The underlying trend of inflation is still upwards.

Word 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 cent, and gave rise to the figurative use ‘develop in a general direction’ in the mid 19th cent., a development paralleled in the noun.

Language Bank:
fall
Describing a decrease
▪ Car crime in Oxford fell significantly ▪ last year.
▪ Car crime fell ▪ by about a quarter over a 12-month period.
▪ The number of stolen vehicles dropped ▪ from 1 013 to 780, a fall of ▪ 26 per cent.
▪ According to this data, 780 vehicles were stolen, 26% down ▪ on the previous year.
▪ There was an 11% drop ▪ in reported thefts from motor vehicles, from 1 871 to 1 737.
▪ These figures show that, as far as car crime is concerned, the main trend is downwards ▪.
Language Banks at ↑expect, ↑illustrate, ↑increase, ↑proportion

Example Bank:
•A trend for romance and nostalgia has emerged.
•Current trends suggest that car traffic will continue to grow.
•Despite this month's disappointing figures, the underlying trend is healthy.
•I can see a worrying trend in these results.
•In the 1960s, Britain set the fashion trends.
•Linen is on trend again this summer.
•The data indicates a trend towards earlier retirement.
•The increase in crime in London was just part of a wider trend.
•The latest figures show a clear growth trend in the service sector.
•We are following the American trend towards more flexible working conditions.
•a trend away from narrow specialization
•efforts to buck the current downward trend in sales
•future trends in the volume of employment
•the trend towards privatization
•A picture can be built up from an analysis of economic trends.
•The company managed to buck the trend and increase profits this year.
•The result might be a reversal of current trends.
•Their new knitwear is very on trend.
•Trends suggest that the car is becoming increasingly popular.
•You seem to have set a new trend.
•a downward/upward trend in sales
•a survey of social trends
•fashion trends in sunglasses