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fashion(noun)BrE / ˈfæʃn / NAmE / ˈfæʃn / - a popular style of clothes, hair, etc. at a particular time or place; the state of being popular
- dressed in the latest fashion
- the new season’s fashions
- Long skirts have come into fashion again.
- Jeans are still in fashion.
- Some styles never go out of fashion.
- a popular way of behaving, doing an activity, etc.
- The fashion at the time was for teaching mainly the written language.
- Fashions in art and literature come and go.
- the business of making or selling clothes in new and different styles
- a fashion designer/magazine/show
- the world of fashion
- the fashion industry
- to some extent, but not very well
- I can play the piano, after a fashion.
- ‘Do you speak French?’ ‘After a fashion.’
- in the style of somebody/something
- The new library is very much after the fashion of Nash.
- in a particular way
- How could they behave in such a fashion?
- She was proved right, in dramatic fashion, when the whole department resigned.
- used to emphasize that somebody is doing something or using something a lot
see also parrot-fashion
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/parrot-fashion - She's been spending money like it's going out of fashion.
Extra Examples- Address me in a proper fashion.
- Application for the course can be made in the normal fashion.
- Black is always in fashion.
- Careful spending has gone out of fashion in our consumer society.
- Costs and revenues are assumed to behave in a linear fashion.
- Each chapter is structured in a similar fashion.
- Fashions in art come and go.
- Flared trousers were a fashion statement of the seventies.
- He asked questions in a direct fashion
- He delivered his speech in classic fashion.
- He has a small vocabulary and is only able to express himself in a limited fashion.
- He insisted the meeting be held, in true spy novel fashion, in the open air.
- He presents it in an entertaining fashion.
- He set a fashion for large hats.
- Her summer collection took the fashion world by storm.
- I need your expert fashion advice.
- I strive to get my work done in a timely fashion.
- I’ve given up trying to keep up with the latest fashions.
- I’ve started my own fashion line.
- Karpov struck back in no uncertain fashion to win the seventh game.
- Light and sound are recorded in such different fashions.
- Paris, the world’s fashion capital
- Pessimism has become the fashion.
- Please proceed in an orderly fashion to the promenade deck.
- She always wore the latest fashions.
- She had no fashion sense whatsoever.
- She has corrected that oversight in fine fashion.
- She laid out her argument in a convincing fashion.
- She looked like a fashion plate.
- She loves fashion and make-up.
- She spoke in French after the fashion of the court.
- She spoke in French after= copying the fashion of the court.
- She started her career as a fashion model.
- She was respected as a fashion icon.
- She was strolling in a leisurely fashion in the opposite direction.
- She wore a powdered wig, as was the fashion of the day.
- She writes in a serious fashion about the future
- So they became friends, after a fashion.
- Somebody call the fashion police, please!
- Students become frustrated with learning verbs parrot fashion.
- The book traces how fashions have changed over the years.
- The convention proceeded in the normal fashion.
- The descent of the footpath starts in easy fashion.
- The new summer fashions have arrived.
- The palazzo represents the height of architectural fashion for the mid-17th century.
- The store sells everything from casual clothes to high fashion.
- The story moves in circular fashion.
- The troops embarked in an orderly fashion.
- They act in a purposeful and deliberate fashion.
- They celebrated their win in traditional fashion by spraying champagne everywhere.
- This theory, though recent, is more than a passing fashion.
- We had just gone out when, in typical fashion, the rain came down.
- We need to tackle this problem in a coordinated fashion.
- What were your worst fashion disasters?
- When did flares first come into fashion?
- Why are they behaving in such a ridiculous fashion?
- a magazine fashion spread
- a passion for French fashions and goods
- batons ready in best police fashion
- changing fashions in education
- classic fashions for your wardrobe
- fresh interest in the New York fashion scene
- household names in the world of fashion and design
- one of the most successful fashion houses in Milan
- photographers at fashion shoots
- slowly descending the stairs in a grand fashion
- the fashion for long dresses
- the fashion runways of Italy and France
- the influence of Italian designer fashion on the clothes industry
- the latest fashion trend
- the popular fashions of the day
- the world’s top fashion experts
- this season’s must-have accessories that no fashion victim will be seen without
- watching how fashions change over the years
- when people confront you in a negative fashion
- I remembered clearly the peculiar fashion in which it all happened.
- Jeans are always in fashion.
- Some styles never go out of fashion.
- The stores are full of the spring fashions.
- They all want to work in fashion.
- a fashion designer/magazine/show
Word Origin- Middle English (in the sense ‘make, shape, appearance’, also ‘a particular make or style’): from Old French façon, from Latin factio(n-), from facere ‘do, make’.
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