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fashion

fas·hion

UK/ˈfæʃən/ US/ˈfæʃn̩/ common
noun (3) verb (1)

noun

1.

how something is done or how it happens

  • “her dignified manner”
  • “his rapid manner of talking”
  • “their nomadic mode of existence”
  • “in the characteristic New York style”
  • “a lonely way of life”
  • “in an abrasive fashion”
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2.
3.

the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior

verb

1.

make out of components (often in an improvising manner)

  • “She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks”
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Origin

Inherited from Middle English facioun, from Anglo-Norman fechoun (compare Jersey Norman faichon), variant of Old French faceon, fazon, façon (“fashion, form, make, outward appearance”), from Latin factiō (“a making”), from faciō (“do, make”); see fact. Doublet of faction.

Phrases

  • after a fashion
  • alternative fashion
  • Bristol fashion and shipshape
  • circular fashion
  • clean fashion
  • doggy fashion
  • fashion contest
  • fashioning needle
  • shipshape and Bristol fashion

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