trend: translation
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ 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.
▪ grow
PREPOSITION
▪ 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