fashion

[ fash-uhn ]

/ ˈfæʃ ən /

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noun

a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.

conventional usage in dress, manners, etc., especially of polite society, or conformity to it: the dictates of fashion; to be out of fashion.

manner; way; mode: in a warlike fashion.

the make or form of anything: He liked the fashion of the simple, sturdy furniture.

a kind; sort: All fashions of people make up the world.

Obsolete. workmanship.

Obsolete. act or process of making.

verb (used with object)

to give a particular shape or form to; make: The cavemen fashioned tools from stones.

to accommodate; adjust; adapt: doctrines fashioned to the varying hour.

Shipbuilding. to bend (a plate) without preheating.

Obsolete. to contrive; manage.

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Idioms for fashion

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.

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OTHER WORDS FROM fashion

fash·ion·less, adjectivean·ti·fash·ion, noun, adjectivemis·fash·ion, nounmis·fash·ioned, adjective

pre·fash·ion, verb (used with object), nounpre·fash·ioned, adjectivere·fash·ion, verb (used with object)trans·fash·ion, nounun·fash·ioned, adjectivewell-fash·ioned, adjective

Words nearby fashion

fascist, fascista, fascistize, fasd, fash, fashion, fashion coordinator, fashion house, fashion icon, fashion plate, fashion victim

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British Dictionary definitions for after a fashion

fashion

/ (ˈfæʃən) /

noun

style in clothes, cosmetics, behaviour, etc, esp the latest or most admired style
(as modifier)a fashion magazine

(modifier) (esp of accessories) designed to be in the current fashion, but not necessarily to last

manner of performance; mode; wayin a striking fashion
(in combination)crab-fashion

a way of life that revolves around the activities, dress, interests, etc, that are most fashionable

shape, appearance, or form

sort; kind; type

after a fashion or in a fashion

in some manner, but not very wellI mended it, after a fashion
of a low order; of a sorthe is a poet, after a fashion

after the fashion of like; similar to

of fashion of high social standing

verb (tr)

to give a particular form to

to make suitable or fitting

obsolete to contrive; manage

Derived forms of fashion

fashioner, noun

Word 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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