Meaning of fashion in English

fashion
noun
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/ˈfæʃ.ən/ us
/ˈfæʃ.ən/

fashion noun (POPULAR STYLE)

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a style that is popular at a particular time, especially in clothes, hair, make-up, etc.:
in fashion Long hair is back in fashion for men.
out of fashion Fur coats have gone out of fashion.
a programme with features on sport and fashion
the latest fashion She always wears the latest fashions.
Synonyms
craze
fad
mania (STRONG INTEREST) disapproving
mode (FASHION)
style (FASHION)
trend
vogue
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cult noun
mania (STRONG INTEREST) disapproving
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fashionable
  • fashionableShe's so fashionable.
  • in fashionTighter trousers for men are back in fashion.
  • inShort jackets are in this season.
  • coolHe was wearing a pair of cool sunglasses.
  • hipWe went to the hip new club in town.
  • trendyHe likes trendy clothes and modern furniture.
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fashion
  • fashionFashion trends for the season include light, cool fabrics.
  • styleA crisp navy suit will always be in style.
  • trendThe trend is now to wear skirts longer.
  • fadLet's hope this obsession with celebrity lifestyles is just a fad.
  • crazeCycling shorts were the latest craze that year.
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 follow (a) fashion mainly UK
to do what is popular at the time:
Many adults follow fashion in clothes and social opinions as much as their children do.
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 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.
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fashion noun (MANNER)

[ S ]
a way of doing things:
The rebel army behaved in a brutal fashion.
 after a fashion mainly UK
If you can do something after a fashion, you can do it, but not well:
I can cook, after a fashion.
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fashion
verb [ T ]
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uk
/ˈfæʃ.ən/ us
/ˈfæʃ.ən/
to make something using your hands:
fashion something from something He fashioned a hat for himself from newspaper.
fashion something out of something She taught the children how to fashion puppets out of fabric and feathers.
Synonym
forge
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Creating and producing
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(Definition of fashion from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

fashion | American Dictionary

fashion
noun
us
/ˈfæʃ·ən/

fashion noun (CUSTOM)

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[ U ]
a custom, look, or way of doing things that is considered acceptable:
Long skirts are back in fashion this season.
Formal dinner parties seem to be out of fashion.

fashion noun (CLOTHING)

[ C/U ]
clothing that is considered stylish:
[ U ] She has a flair for fashion.
[ C ] He plays golf and dresses in the latest fashions.

fashion noun (MANNER)

[ U ]
a way of doing things:
The sale of the property has to be conducted in a systematic fashion.
fashion
verb [ T ]
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/ˈfæʃ·ən/

fashion verb [T] (MAKE)

to create something, using the hands or the imagination:
She fashioned an elaborate sculpture out of newspapers and glue.
(Definition of fashion from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

fashion | Business English

fashion
noun
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/ˈfæʃən/ us
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[ U ]
the business that involves producing and selling new styles, especially of clothes, shoes, hair, etc.:
The film makes fun of major figures in the fashion industry.
a fashion magazine
The fashion retailer announced a drop in YTD profits of 57%.
[ C or U ]
something that is popular at a particular time:
The fashion for outsourcing has led to a shortage of home-grown workers with good IT skills.
Social networking sites seem to be going out of fashion.
Growing your own fruit and veg is now back in fashion.
(Definition of fashion from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of fashion

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Supporters of the busses, meanwhile, fashioned a response to the merchant companies and changed venues for their advocacy.
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Other evils, especially those fashioned by human hands, demand our condemnation, unyielding opposition, and vigorous efforts at prevention and reparation.
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Take the case of a golden ornament, fashioned out of gold.
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Disciplined, resilient, intellectual, proud, contemptuous of others, immune to criticism from the outside, they are literally fashioned for survival.
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His evidence is provided by changing fashions in the shape, furnishing and decoration of the council chamber - an interieure parlante, as it were.
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In what are people to participate in fashioning their own immediate surroundings within a conceived overall framework?
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The real challenge for political responsibility lies here, in fashioning a domestic climate where legislators promote reform rather than feeling driven to questionable regulation.
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Deposits were placed into the earth, flint was taken out of the earth, monuments are fashioned out of the earth, and make it visible.
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The vaulting webs could then be fashioned to fit the fixed boundary arcs.
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They are clearly modelled, fashioned, and construed in relation to other cultural units.
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Over the years, in a series of exhibitions and publications on the subject, it had fashioned itself into the ideological centre of modernism in architecture.
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In some locations they were represented by a pair of anthropomorphic figures fashioned from wood or clay.
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Most of the hotels are long gone, having fallen victim to fire or abandonment caused by changes in vacation fashions.
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The fashions of veiling popular in the isles changed significantly over time, although they continued to vary depending on wealth and residence.
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Such a law would give more leverage to the craftsmen who constructed federal buildings, built ships, and fashioned armor plate.
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Collocations with fashion

fashion

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arbitrary fashion
Secondly, sounds in music seem not to function in a fundamentally arbitrary fashion.
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cavalier fashion
It was wrong, and it is unacceptable to deal in such a cavalier fashion with the rights of workers as they are enshrined in law.
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changing fashion
In the nineteenth century this triangular section was generally adopted, possibly because of changing fashion but also, perhaps, because it is lighter.
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Translations of fashion

in Chinese (Traditional)
時興式樣, （尤指服裝、髮型、妝容的）流行款式，時興式樣, 方式…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
时兴式样, （尤指服装、发式、妆容的）流行款式，时兴式样, 方式…
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moda, moda [feminine]…
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moda, fazer, moldar…
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流行, ファッション, 流行（りゅうこう）…
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moda, kıyafet üretip satma, biçim…
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mode [feminine], (de) mode, mode…
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moda…
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รูปแบบเสื้อผ้า, วิธีการแสดงออกหรือแต่งตัวซึ่งเป็นที่นิยมในช่วงเวลาใดเวลาหนึ่ง, วิธีการทำบางสิ่งบางอย่าง…
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thời trang, mốt thời thượng, lề thói hay cách làm cái gì…
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moda, sposób, wykonywać…
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fesyen, gaya…
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die Mode, Mode-…, die Art und Weise…
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mote [masculine], motebransje [masculine], mote…
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패션, 유행, 의류업…
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мода, модний, стиль…
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moda, di moda, modo…
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мода, производство и продажа одежды, манера…
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