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1trend — [ trend ] noun count *** a gradual change or development that produces a particular result: trend toward/to: We ve seen a trend toward more violent movies this year. trend in: the latest trends in popular music an upward/downward trend: Today s… …
2Trend — The general direction of the market. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * trend trend [trend] noun [countable] 1. the general way in which a particular situation is changing or developing: • a New Jersey firm that tracks financial market… …
3trend — A significant price movement in one direction or another. Trends may go either up or down. The CENTER ONLINE Futures Glossary The general direction of the market. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary The general direction of the market. Chicago… …
4trend — I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, to turn, revolve, from Old English trendan; akin to Middle High German trendel disk, spinning top Date: 1598 1. a. to extend in a general direction ; follow a general course < mountain ranges… …
5trend — /trend/, n. 1. the general course or prevailing tendency; drift: trends in the teaching of foreign languages; the trend of events. 2. style; vogue: the new trend in women s apparel. 3. the general direction followed by a road, river, coastline,… …
6trend — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ strong ▪ consistent, steady ▪ accelerating, growing, increasing ▪ underlying …
7trend — Synonyms and related words: Brownian movement, Zeitgeist, advance, affluence, afflux, affluxion, aim, angular motion, ascending, ascent, axial motion, azimuth, backflowing, backing, backward motion, bear, bear off, bearing, bend, bend to, bent,… …
8trend — n 1. tendency, drift, course, bent, career, progress; inclination, bearing, heading, orientation; tack, set, aim, way, track; stream, swing, sweep, current; tenor, tone, spirit. 2. style, vogue, fashion, taste, mode; look, thing, Inf. swim, Inf.… …
9business trend — UK US noun [C] ► a general change in the way business is developing: »Economists don t know exactly what business trend will drive the next wave of jobs. »Recently there has been a general business trend toward corporate downsizing and… …
10Regression toward the mean — In statistics, regression toward the mean (also known as regression to the mean) is the phenomenon that if a variable is extreme on its first measurement, it will tend to be closer to the average on a second measurement, and a fact that may… …