fashion
[ fash-uhn ]
/ ˈfæʃ ən /
noun
verb (used with object)
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Nearby words
fascist, fascista, fascistize, fasd, fash, fashion, fashion coordinator, fashion house, fashion icon, fashion plate, fashion victim
Idioms
after/in a fashion, in some manner or other or to some extent; in a makeshift, unskillful, or unsatisfactory way: He's an artist after a fashion.
Origin of fashion
1250–1300; Middle English facioun shape, manner < Anglo-French faço(u)n, façun, Old French faceon < Latin factiōn- (stem of factiō) a doing, company. See faction1
SYNONYMS FOR fashion
1 mode; fad, rage, craze. Fashion, style, vogue imply popularity or widespread acceptance of manners, customs, dress, etc. Fashion is that which characterizes or distinguishes the habits, manners, dress, etc., of a period or group: the fashions of the 18th century. Style is sometimes the equivalent of fashion, but also denotes conformance to a prevalent standard: to be in style; a chair in the Queen Anne style. Vogue suggests the temporary popularity of certain fashions: this year's vogue in popular music.
4 shape, cut, pattern, figure.
8 frame, construct, mold.
9 suit, fit.
Related forms
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British Dictionary definitions for after a fashion
fashion
/ (ˈfæʃən) /
noun
verb (tr)
Derived Forms
fashioner, nounWord Origin for fashion
C13 facioun form, manner, from Old French faceon, from Latin factiō a making, from facere to make
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Idioms and Phrases with after a fashion (1 of 2)
after a fashion
Also, after a sort. Somehow or other; not very well, as in John can read music, after a fashion, or He managed to paint the house after a sort. The first phrase, in which fashion means “a manner of doing something,” has been so used since the mid-1800s, when it replaced in a fashion. The variant dates from the mid-1500s. Also see in a way; (somehow) or other.
Idioms and Phrases with after a fashion (2 of 2)
fashion
see after a fashion; in fashion.
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