fashion

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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun how something is done or how it happens
  2. noun characteristic or habitual practice
  3. noun the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior

Etymology

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

manner, mode, style, way

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