uptrend

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noun

An upward trend, or an upturn.

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

nounuptrend (plural uptrends)

plural uptrends

  1. An upward trend, or an upturn.
verbuptrend (third-person singular simple present uptrends, present participle uptrending, simple past and past participle uptrended)

present singular third person uptrends · participle present uptrending · participle past uptrended · past uptrended

  1. intransitiveTo undergo an upward trend.

    Livestock was roughly equal in importance but uptrended more nationally after 1953.

    1961, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Migratory Labor

Origin

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

From up- + trend.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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