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Meaning of fashion in English
Pronunciation
/ˈfæʃən/
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Verb
fashion
Definitions
1.
make out of components (often in an improvising manner)
Examples
« She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks »
Noun
fashion
Etymology
Middle English (in the sense ‘make, shape, appearance’, also ‘a particular make or style’): from Old French façon, from Latin factio(n-), from facere‘do, make’
Definitions
1.
how something is done or how it happens
Examples
« 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 »
2.
characteristic or habitual practice
3.
the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior