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Electrum Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Trending

–verb (used without object)
4.
to have a general tendency, as events, conditions, etc.
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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.
TRENDING NOW

Sheen dumped
LeAnn Rimes
Lindsay Lohan
Carrie Underwood
Ford

Chelsy Davy
Robert De Niro
Testosterone the…
Plastic surgery
Stock market

The definition is from dictionary.com. The example is from Yahoo.com.
What is Yahoo saying, and why do they have to use 'trending'?
  

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general direction- general is the key word. The price of XX is going up. (that suppose to mean the price is "only" going up now and not going down) If u say trends upward (it can mean goes up, and goes down a little than goes up again.

— Holyduke

  • general direction- general is the key word.
  • The price of XX is going up.
  • (that suppose to mean the price is "only" going up now and not going down) If u say trends upward (it can mean goes up, and goes down a little than goes up again.
  • it is the general direction and not the absolute direction) yahoo gave those topics that is hot on the news and chatters of late.
  • It is the trend in the news (the more popular topics "right now") so you use trending.
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general direction- general is the key word.

The price of XX is going up. (that suppose to mean the price is "only" going up now and not going down)

If u say trends upward (it can mean goes up, and goes down a little than goes up again. it is the general direction and not the absolute direction)

yahoo gave those topics that is hot on the news and chatters of late. It is t
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Why don't they just say "in the news"? Yahoo is full of stupid gimmicks.
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