- trend
- nounADJECTIVE▪ strong▪ consistent, steady▪ accelerating, growing, increasing▪ underlying▪
Despite this month's disappointing figures, the underlying trend is healthy.
▪ big, dominant, main, major, prevailing▪ current, latest, new, recent▪ long-term▪ gradual▪ clear, marked, significant▪ important▪ general, overall▪ apparent, discernible▪ global, international, national, worldwide▪ larger, wider▪The increase in crime in the capital was just part of a wider trend.
▪ positive, upward▪ downward, negative▪ opposite▪ healthy, welcome▪ adverse, dangerous, disturbing, unfortunate, worrying▪ fashion▪ demographic, population▪ cultural, social▪ evolutionary, historical▪ economic, market▪ growth, inflationary▪The latest figures show a clear growth trend in the service sector.
VERB + TREND▪ begin, create, set, start▪In the 1960s, Britain set the fashion trends.
▪ continue▪ follow▪We are following the trend for more flexible working conditions.
▪ reinforce▪ buck, counteract, go against▪efforts to buck the current downward trend in sales
▪ reverse▪ halt▪ detect, identify, notice, observe, see▪I can see a worrying trend in these results.
▪ indicate, reflect, show, suggest▪The data indicates a trend towards/toward earlier retirement.
TREND + VERB▪ develop, emerge▪ continue▪ indicate sth, reflect sth, show sth, suggest sth▪Current trends suggest that cities will continue to grow.
▪ growPREPOSITION▪ on trend▪Linen is on trend again this summer.
▪ trend away from▪a trend away from narrow specialization
▪ trend for▪A trend for nostalgia has emerged.
▪ trend in▪future trends in the volume of employment
▪ trend towards/toward▪the trend towards/toward privatization
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
