{
    "term": "trend",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a general direction in which a situation is changing or developing",
            "sensetop": "trend towards somethingtrend in somethingtrend for somethingtrend for somebody/something to do somethingon trend",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "social/economic/political/demographic trends"
                },
                {
                    "text": "fashion/market trends"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a **growing trend** towards later retirement.",
                    "contextForm": "trend towards something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The article discusses **current trends** in language teaching",
                    "contextForm": "trend in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This **downward trend** in sales is likely to continue."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There has been an **upward trend** in the number of accidents reported."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Predicting **long-term trends** in consumer behaviour is more difficult."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A trend for romance and nostalgia has emerged.",
                    "contextForm": "trend for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is an increasing trend for students to live at home.",
                    "contextForm": "trend for somebody/something to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You seem to have **set** *(= started)* a new **trend**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This **trend** is being **reversed** *(= is going in the opposite direction)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "One region is attempting to **buck** *(= oppose or resist)* the **trend** of economic decline."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Inflation **continued** its downward **trend** last month."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Regional growth figures are **following** the national **trend**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The number of visitors to the city is **showing** an upward **trend**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **underlying trend** of inflation is still upwards."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If this **trend continues**, the species could soon become extinct."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Linen is on trend *(= fashionable)* again this summer.",
                    "contextForm": "on trend"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can see a worrying trend in these results."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the 1960s, Britain set the fashion trends."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The increase in crime in London was just part of a wider trend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The latest figures show a clear growth trend in the service sector."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are following the American trend towards more flexible working conditions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a trend away from narrow specialization"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Trends suggest that the car is becoming increasingly popular."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect", "Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["strong", "consistent", "steady"],
                "verb + trend": ["begin", "create", "set"],
                "trend + verb": ["develop", "emerge", "continue"],
                "preposition": ["on trend", "trend away from", "trend for"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trend/",
                "audio": "tr/trend/trend__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/trend/",
                "audio": "tr/trend/trend__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "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."
}