Shift
Trend
Trend noun - A prevailing or general movement or inclination.
Usage example: according to the survey, there's a growing trend for companies to run their own day-care centers for the benefit of employees
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Synonyms for Trend
Shift and trend are semantically related in tendency topic. Sometimes you can use "Shift" instead the word "Trend" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as move, motion.
How words are described
| clear | clear shift | clear trend |
| notable | notable shift | notable trend |
| long | long shift | long trend |
| similar | similar shift | similar trend |
| Other adjectives: brief, jarring, entire, definite, real, large, big, extreme, slow, slight, social, interesting, noticeable, new, major, general, minor, significant, odd, next, strange, cultural, recent. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- However, by this time, the trend of Pan-Mesoamericanism (Mesoamerican cultures were becoming similar across the board due to increased trade and communication) had caused their culture to shift dramatically.
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