Definition: the popular taste at a given time
Usage: leather is the latest vogue; he followed current trends; the 1920s had a style of their own
Similar words: taste, perceptiveness, discernment, appreciation
Definition: delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
Usage: arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success; to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste
Synonyms: trend, movement, drift
Definition: a general tendency to change (as of opinion)
Usage: not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book; a broad movement of the electorate to the right
Similar words: inclination, disposition, tendency
Definition: an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others
Usage: he had an inclination to give up too easily; a tendency to be too strict
Definition: general line of orientation
Usage: the river takes a southern course; the northeastern trend of the coast
Definition: a line leading to a place or point
Usage: he looked the other direction; didn't know the way home
Definition: a general direction in which something tends to move
Usage: the shoreward tendency of the current; the trend of the stock market
Definition: a line leading to a place or point
Usage: he looked the other direction; didn't know the way home
Synonyms: curve, cut, sheer, slew, slue, veer, trend, swerve
Definition: turn sharply; change direction abruptly
Usage: The car cut to the left at the intersection; The motorbike veered to the right
Similar words: turn
Definition: change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
Usage: Turn towards me; The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face; She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs