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Understanding meaning

A trend is a pattern or change in one direction over a period of time.

For example:

The recent trend has been for prices of food to rise higher and higher.

As you learn more academic words in English, your vocabulary will increase and you will see a trend towards an increased understanding of the academic texts you read.

Which words below are closest in meaning to trend? Choose the 3 correct answers.

large movements in opposite directions

repeated changes going in one way

a movement in only one direction

a pattern that continues in the same direction