downtrend

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noun

Any gradual movement towards a lower state or value.

“The stock market took a long time to recover from the downtrend.”

OriginEnglish trend ← Middle English trenden ← Old English trendan →
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Meanings

noundowntrend (plural downtrends)

plural downtrends

  1. Any gradual movement towards a lower state or value.

    The stock market took a long time to recover from the downtrend.

verbdowntrend (third-person singular simple present downtrends, present participle downtrending, simple past and past participle downtrended)

present singular third person downtrends · participle present downtrending · participle past downtrended · past downtrended

  1. intransitiveTo undergo a downward trend.

Origin

  1. Englishdown-
  2. Proto-West Germanic*trandijan
  3. Old Englishtrendan
  4. Middle Englishtrenden
  5. Englishtrend
  6. Englishdowntrend

From down- + trend.

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Translations

Finnish laskusuunta
  • laskusuuntagradual downward movement
Cite this entry
APA

downtrend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downtrend

MLA

“downtrend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downtrend. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “downtrend,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downtrend.

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