Jeans

[jeenz]

noun

1. Sir James (Hopwood) 1877–1946, English astrophysicist and author.

Jeans

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/ dʒiːnz /

noun

1. Sir James Hopwood. 1877–1946, English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician, best known for his popular books on astronomy. He made important contributions to the kinetic theory of gases and the theory of stellar evolution

jeans

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/ dʒiːnz /

plural noun

1. informal trousers for casual wear, made esp of denim or corduroy

Word History and Origins

Origin of Jeans¹

plural of _jean

Example Sentences

Beyond denim, Levi Strauss’s effort to reposition itself as a lifestyle brand is gaining momentum, with a growing share of sales coming from products beyond jeans.

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He was dressed in standard Mexican grandpa attire: long flannel shirt, blue hat, jeans and sneakers along with a salt-and-pepper mustache and a leather cellphone case hanging from his belt.

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They wear jeans or cargo pants, running shoes or boots, and either a button-up shirt or some kind of athletic-wear base layer, often Nike or Under Armour—the kind of bargain-bin sports apparel you’d see at a Nordstrom Rack.

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He wore just jeans—no shirt—in a video filmed during his presidential campaign.

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He wore jeans on a hike in July outside Phoenix with his son Finn, documented on X and prompting Meghan McCain to comment: “Hiking Camelback Mountain in July, in jeans, is just absolutely batshit crazy my friend.”

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When To Use

What are jeans?

Jeans are a type of pants traditionally made from denim (a kind of cotton fabric).The word most commonly refers to denim blue jeans. Jeans can be other colors, but they’re most commonly blue. The defining feature of most jeans is that they’re made out of some kind of denim or denim-like fabric. Most jeans have seams and pockets that are reinforced with rivets—small metal fasteners.The word jeans can technically be used to refer to pants made from other materials, such as corduroy, but this isn’t common. For example, pants made out of corduroy are commonly called corduroys.Jeans were originally worn as pants for rugged work, but they are now most commonly worn as casual attire.Like the words pants and trousers, jeans is always used in the plural form when referring to the pants.The word jean (without an s at the end) can be used to refer to the material and is typically used as a modifier to describe garments that are made of this material, as in jean jacket or jean shorts. Example: I love being able to wear jeans to work on casual Fridays.