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trend-setter

trend-setter

5.5
A computer program or app that makes online trends popular
  • noun
  • /trɛndˌsɛtər/
  • Jargon
translation icon : marcador de tendencias
  • This platform has proven to be a trend-setter by recommending viral content to its users.

Examples

  • With its powerful features, the new app became a trend-setter in social media marketing.

  • The algorithm acted as a trend-setter, highlighting the latest fashion styles in real-time.

  • They serve as technology trend-setters for their peers and, increasingly, for their parents and educators.

    Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

hub for viral trend
vstrend-setter
  • Texting
6.0

A central website or app where popular online content spreads quickly

is a nonhuman system that actively identifies and boosts popular content

How Influential

social media
  • Texting
162 2.3
trend-setter
  • Jargon
5.5
algorithm
  • Specialized
152 6.1

Surface Forms

trend-setter singular
trend-setters plural

Morphology

trend-setter = trend + setter (transparent) = trend + setter

The morphology is the same compound 'trend' + 'setter'; although applied metaphorically to non-human agents, the formation is still directly interpretable.

Etymology

The word trend-setter can also mean a system or algorithm that starts new trends online. trend means 'a direction or popular movement' and set means 'to put in place', so when an app or algorithm promotes a song or style widely it acts as a trend-setter by putting that trend in front of many people.