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trend setting

trend setting

3.7
Creating new styles or ideas that many people follow
  • noun
translation icon : marcación de tendencias
  • Social media influencers are often credited with trend setting in lifestyle and culture.

Examples

  • The company's focus on trend setting technology gave it an edge over competitors.

  • The fashion show was all about trend setting.

  • Her innovative designs played a major role in trend setting within the fashion industry.

  • She is known for her trend setting designs.

  • The designer is known for her trend-setting clothing line that inspires others in the fashion industry.

  • His trend-setting ideas in technology have transformed the way we interact with our devices.

  • The city is recognized as a trend-setting destination for new restaurants and cafes.

Synonyms

trendsetting
vstrend setting
1 5.8

Starting a new style or idea and making others copy it

has identical meaning but is written as two separate words
trend-setting
vstrend setting
1 5.1

A person or thing that starts a new style others copy

has identical meaning but is written as two separate words

Surface Forms

trend setting singular
trend settings plural

Morphology

trend + set

The meaning 'initiating or popularizing a new trend' is directly compositional from 'trend' (prevailing fashion) + 'setting' (the act of initiating). The noun + -ing construction ('trend-setting') is a regular, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Trend setting comes from the simple image of someone putting the first mark on a path: to setting something means to put it in place and a trend is the direction others follow. So, someone who is 'trend setting' is 'starting' a style or 'making it popular'.