Meaning of trend
Definition of trend
(noun)
a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"
general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"