noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An upward trend, or an upturn.

Verb

1. 1
   To undergo an upward trend. intransitive

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

accessaccessionaccretionaccrualaccruementaccumulation

Example

More examples

"At Wall Street, some insiders made a killing by going short, when everyone had been sucked into an unsustainable uptrend."

Etymology

From up- + trend.

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