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
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
SYNONYMS FOR fashion
1 mode; fad, rage, craze.
4 shape, cut, pattern, figure.
8 frame, construct, mold.
9 suit, fit.
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synonym study for fashion
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.
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
The Heat and Celtics kept the overtime trend alive, with Miami winning Game 1 in dramatic fashion.
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That indicates even Facebook understands it can’t remove these groups in a timely fashion.
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The multi motivated platform will focus on fashion, music, art and more, as well as provide emerging designers the opportunity to grow and explore with innovators and highly acclaimed brands.
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With Clemens giving the brand a foundation of accessibility and anti-exclusivity, he is showing the fashion industry that you’re able to have a superpopular product and make it affordable.
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As carpooling fell out of fashion, driving alone became the norm.
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Her name was Courtney, and she was a fashion editor for magazines like Photoplay, Screenland, Silver Screen.
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But fashion is about beauty, and the [female] body is part of that.
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But she was less comfortable with it before she was an established name in fashion.
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In the early 1900s, fashion forgers often sketched designs they saw in Paris shows and sold reproductions in France and overseas.
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Fashion has made Jezebel surrender her monopoly of the rouge-pot.
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The germ and shadow and likelihood of each of those acts is in the fashion and line and detail of her garments.
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Wen he says that my togs and my talk are "the fashion of sev'ral years back."
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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 fashionorin 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 oflike; similar to
of fashionof high social standing
verb(tr)
to give a particular form to
to make suitable or fitting
obsoleteto 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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