fashion
noun (POPULAR STYLE) /ˈfæʃ.ən/Definition
A2 [C or U] a style that is popular at a particular time, especially in clothes, hair, make-up, etc.: Long hair is back in fashion for men. Fur coats have gone out of fashion. a programme with features on sport and fashion She always wears the latest fashions. There was a fashion for keeping reptiles as pets.FashionModern and fashionableModern and fashionable follow (a) fashion › to do what is popular at the timeCustom, tradition and conformity like it's going out of fashion informal › If you use something like it's going out of fashion, you use large amounts of it very quickly: Emma spends money like it's going out of fashion.Large in number or quantityHurrying and doing things quicklyBusy and active
(Definition of fashion noun (POPULAR STYLE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- clothes horse noun (PERSON)
- collection noun (THINGS TOGETHER)
- come in phrasal verb (FASHION)
- couture noun
- cover girl noun
- designer noun
- fashion statement noun
- fashionista noun
- haute couture noun
- high-street adjective
- mannequin noun
- milliner noun
- mode noun (FASHION)
- model noun (PERSON)
- model verb (CLOTHES)
- modelling noun
- style noun (FASHION)
- supermodel noun
- trend noun
- vogue noun
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