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.

OTHER WORDS FOR fashion

1 mode; fad, rage, craze.

4 shape, cut, pattern, figure.

8 frame, construct, mold.

9 suit, fit.

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Idioms about 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

First recorded in 1300–1350; Middle English facioun, fasoun “shape, manner,” from Anglo-French faço(u)n, façun, Old French faceon, from Latin factiōn- (stem of factiō ) “a making, company, party.” See faction¹

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1. 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.

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-fashioned, adjective

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How to use fashion in a sentence

The answer came, in staggered fashion, late on Thursday night.
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Even fashion and beauty companies like Glossier, Coach, Versace, Gucci, and Louis Vuitton have been hit.
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It didn’t build on its predecessor enough, bringing naval combat back in largely the same fashion as before.
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This is the model of Purple Dot, which bills itself as a “worth-the-wait” payment option for fashion brands.
Funded by Connect Ventures, Purple Dot plans to take on Klarna-style purchase debt|Mike Butcher|November 6, 2020|TechCrunch
Like drawing tattoos, sewing earmuffs, or fashioning model airplanes from old chip bags?
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Indeed, fashioning a working arrangement between Assad and the moderate Sunnis should be a joint Russo-American initiative.
Face the Assad Reality In Syria|Frank G. Wisner, Leslie H. Gelb|January 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She calmly joined the others in fashioning floatation devices from plastic bags in case the blaze forced them to flee.
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Love began in a wondrous whirl, fashioning a kind of prototype.
Big Bird’s Big Gay Love Story: From Birth to the 2012 Presidential Race|Michael Daly|October 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST
When he was 11, his father built him a banjo, at first fashioning the head out of groundhog hide.
Doc Watson, a Legendary Picker, Was Traditional Music’s Best Ambassador|Malcolm Jones|May 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Meanwhile, another form of imitation is developing, the fashioning of lasting semblances.
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Franz picked up and inspected the ski pole Anton was fashioning, and he tried to fix each detail exactly in his mind.
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Anton Martek, sitting on a chair beside the stable's open door, fashioning a ski pole, did not look up from his work.
Rescue Dog of the High Pass|James Arthur Kjelgaard
The wall round the tent was rebuilt, Godfrey fashioning wooden shovels from some planks he found among the drift-wood.
Condemned as a Nihilist|George Alfred Henty
How many times, while her fingers were busy fashioning them, she had planned to make just such for her very own!
Flamsted quarries|Mary E. Waller

British Dictionary definitions for 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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