Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Noun
S: (n) tendency, trend (a general direction in which something tends to move) "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market"
S: (n) course, trend (general line of orientation) "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast"
S: (n) drift, trend, movement (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"
S: (n) inclination, disposition, tendency (an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others) "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict"
S: (n) direction (a general course along which something has a tendency to develop) "I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts"; "his ideals determined the direction of his career"; "they proposed a new direction for the firm"
S: (n) drift, trend, movement (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"
S: (n) Call (a special disposition (as if from a divine source) to pursue a particular course) "he was disappointed that he had not heard the Call"
S: (n) denominationalism (the tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations)
S: (n) devices (an inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices') "eventually the family left the house to the devices of this malevolent force"; "the children were left to their own devices"
S: (n) sympathy, understanding (an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion) "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding"
S: (n) vogue, trend, style (the popular taste at a given time) "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"
Verb
S: (v) swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut (turn sharply; change direction abruptly) "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"