1.direction; trend2.to incline
1.(increasing) day by day2.(more critical) with every passing day3.gradually
(idiom) the prevailing trend; the trend of the times; an inevitable direction
1.to blindly follow suit (idiom)2.to imitate slavishly3.to do what everyone else is doing
1.to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable2.an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase
1.to become more and more2.to gradually become
1.to fawn on2.to kiss up to
1.to approach (a numerical value)2.to converge to a limit (in calculus)3.convergence
more critical with every passing day
(idiom) to make the most of the benefits while avoiding adverse effects
to seek luck and avoid calamity (idiom)
1.to curry favor (idiom); playing up to those in power2.social climbing
1.increasingly2.more and more
(of economic activity, international relations etc) to cool
1.an upturn2.an upward trend
upward trend; tendency to increase
chemotaxis (movement of leukocytes under chemical stimulus)
(biology) convergent evolution
(literary) to follow current trends; to conform to the fashion of the times