Trended

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To have exhibited a gradual change or inclination in a particular direction over a period of time
2. To have demonstrated an emerging pattern or popular shift in data or behavior across a specific timeframe
3. To have shown a progression or movement toward a particular direction or style through a stretch of time

Etymology: "Trended" is simply the past tense of "trend," so its story is really the story of the verb behind it. That verb once meant something quite physical: in Middle English, "trenden" meant to roll about, turn, or revolve. It came from Old English "trendan," with the same sense of rolling or turning, and traces back to a Proto-West Germanic verb meaning to turn or roll round. The connection to circles is still visible in its relatives. Old English "trinde" meant ball, and "tryndel" meant circle or ring, and the same family gave English the words "trindle" and "trundle," both about rolling. Dutch "trent" still means circumference. The leap from rolling wheels to fashionable styles came much later. Once a trend was simply a direction a thing turned or ran in, and to trend a movement in a particular direction, which is how the sense of a general course or tendency developed. "Trended," in the sense of showing a trend, grew from that abstract meaning.

Synonyms: tended, leaned, inclined, took, tended toward

Antonyms: diverged, departed, strayed, drifted, wandered