fashion

/ˈfæʃ.ən/
nounverb

A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 4 meanings

  1. A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons.

  2. Popular trends, especially in clothing; the industry that designs clothing and sometimes other related items.

    “Check out the latest in fashion.”

  3. A style or manner in which something is done.

    “the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc.”

  4. The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; workmanship; execution.

Verb 3 meanings

  1. To make, build or construct, especially in a crude or improvised way.

  2. To make in a standard manner; to work.

  3. To fit, adapt, or accommodate to.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

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.

FASHION at a glance

FASHION has 7 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (F 4 + A 1 + S 1 + H 4 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,553 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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