trend

a general direction in which something tends to move; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"

general line of orientation; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"

a general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"

the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"

turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"