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trend
[trend] 
,–noun
| 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, or the like. |
–verb (used without object)
| 4. | to have a general tendency, as events, conditions, etc. |
| 5. | to tend to take a particular direction; extend in some direction indicated. |
| 6. | to veer or turn off in a specified direction, as a river, mountain range, etc.: The river trends toward the southeast. |
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| trend (trěnd) n.
[From Middle English trenden, to revolve, from Old English trendan.] |
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Trend
Trend\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trended; p. pr. & vb. n. Trending.] [OE. trenden to roll or turn about; akin to OFries. trind, trund, round, Dan. & Sw. trind, AS. trendel a circle, ring, and E. trendle, trundle.] To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend; as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.Trend
Trend\, v. t. To cause to turn; to bend. [R.] Not far beneath i' the valley as she trends Her silver stream. --W. Browne.Trend
Trend\, n. Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general direction; as, the trend of a coast. Trend of an anchor. (Naut.) (a) The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank from the throat that the arm measures from the throat to the bill. --R. H. Dana, Jr. (b) The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.Trend
Trend\, v. t. [Cf. G. & OD. trennen to separate.] To cleanse, as wool. [Prov. Eng.]Trend
Trend\, n. Clean wool. [Prov. Eng.]
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Language Translation for : trend
Spanish:
tendencia,
German:
der Trend,
Japanese:
傾向
trend (v.)
1598, "to run or bend in a certain direction" (of rivers, coasts, etc.), from M.E. trenden "to roll about, turn, revolve," from O.E. trendan, from P.Gmc. *trandijanan (cf. O.E. trinde "round lump, ball," O.Fris. trind, M.L.G. trint "round," M.L.G. trent "ring, boundary," Du. trent "circumference," Dan. trind "round"); origin and connections outside Gmc. uncertain. Sense of "have a general tendency" (used of events, opinions, etc.) is first recorded 1863, from the nautical sense. The noun meaning "the way something bends" (coastline, mountain range, etc.) is recorded from 1777; sense of "general tendency" is from 1884. Trend-setter first attested 1960; trendy is from 1962.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Trend
The general direction of the price of an asset or market. Trends can be thought of in varying lengths including short, intermediate and long term. If one can identify a trend, it can be highly profitable as you will be able to trade with the trend. 
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It is best as a general strategy to trade with trends, meaning if the general trend of the market is headed up be very cautious towards taking any positions that rely on the trend going in the opposite direction.
A trend can also apply to interest rates, yields, equities and any other market which is characterized by a long-term movement in price or volume.
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trend
- The relatively constant movement of a variable throughout a period of time. The period may be short-term or long-term, depending upon whether the trend itself is short-term or long-term. For example, a rising market is taken to mean that prices of most stocks are in an upward trend.
Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
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