Trend

How it is used

A trend can be upward, downward, flat, long-term or seasonal. You spot, identify or follow a trend, and a metric 'is trending up'. Analysts warn that one or two data points are not yet a trend.

Example sentences

1. The downward trend in sign-ups started well before the price change.

2. One good week isn't a trend; let's see what happens over the next month.

Common collocations

• upward trend
• downward trend
• long-term trend
• spot a trend
• trending up

Related terms

• time seriesA set of measurements of the same thing recorded in order at regular time intervals, such as daily revenue or hourly website visits.
• seasonalityA regular pattern in data that repeats over a fixed period, such as higher sales every December, more traffic on weekdays or a dip every summer.
• line chartA chart that connects data points with a line to show how a value changes over time, such as monthly revenue or daily sign-ups.
• anomalyA data point or pattern that clearly differs from what is expected, such as a sudden spike in sign-ups or a day with no orders at all.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• trend · Data Science & Analytics
• trend · Business English
• trend · Academic English & Research
• trend · Social Media & Content Creation
• trend · Fashion & Textiles

More terms: Machine Learning and Data Processing

• artificial intelligence
• machine learning
• model
• dataset
• training data
• label
• train
• supervised learning
• neural network
• deep learning
• loss function
• overfitting