fashion

A2 Topic:Clothing & Appearance

Also spelled faishion

US /ˈfæʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #2569

Meanings

1

noun
The popular styles of clothing at a particular time, and the industry that creates them.

She works in the fashion industry as a designer.
2

noun
A way or manner in which something is done.

He organized his desk in a neat and orderly fashion.
3

verb
To make or shape something, often in a simple or improvised way.

They fashioned a shelter out of branches and leaves.

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Synonyms

3 verb · to make or shape something,... forge

Word family

Forms fashionedfashioningfashions

Derived forms antifashionantifashionablecyberfashiondisfashionfashion-consciousfashion-forwardfashionable fashionablyfashionalfashioncorefashionerfashionese

Related forms fact faction factional factor factorial factory

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Simplified etymology

Fashion originally meant “make, shape, or appearance,” as well as a particular manner or style. By the mid-16th century it had developed the familiar sense of a currently popular style of dress or behavior, while earlier expressions such as out of fashion could refer literally to being out of shape.

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.

*dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European facioun Middle English fechoun xno factiō Latin

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Topics

Clothing & Appearance

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# fashion

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈfæʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 2569

## Meanings
1. The popular styles of clothing at a particular time, and the industry that creates them.
2. A way or manner in which something is done.
3. To make or shape something, often in a simple or improvised way.

## Examples
- She works in the fashion industry as a designer.
- He organized his desk in a neat and orderly fashion.
- They fashioned a shelter out of branches and leaves.

## Derived Forms
- antifashion
- antifashionable
- cyberfashion
- disfashion
- fashion-conscious
- fashion-forward
- fashionable
- fashionably
- fashional
- fashioncore
- fashioner
- fashionese

## Related Forms
- fact
- faction
- factional
- factor
- factorial
- factory

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *dʰeh₁-
- Root: facioun
- Root: fechoun
- Root: factiō

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Fashion is 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 current use, the main senses are “The popular styles of clothing at a particular time, and the industry that creates them” and “A way or manner in which something is done”.

## Topics
- Clothing & Appearance

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