fashion

Syllables: fash·ionUK/ˈfæʃ.ən/

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New Zealand/ˈfɛʃ.ən/

fashion noun: a current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons.

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Noun

fashion (countable and uncountable, plural fashions)

(countable) A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons.
- The huge square box, parquet-floored and high-ceilinged, had been arranged to display a suite of bedroom furniture designed and made in the halcyon days of the last quarter of the nineteenth century, when modish taste was just due to go clean out of fashion for the best part of the next hundred...1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
(uncountable) Popular trends, especially in clothing; the industry that designs clothing and sometimes other related items.
- Check out the latest in fashion.
- He had always been interested in fashion, so he decided to take a sewing class.
(countable) A style or manner in which something is done.
- the fashion of the ark, of a coat, of a house, of an altar, etc.
- Ophelia: My lord, he hath importuned me with love in honourable fashion.
- Lord Polonius: Ay, fashion you may call it; go to, go to.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
The make or form of anything; the style, shape, appearance, or mode of structure; pattern, model; workmanship; execution.
- I do not like the fashion of your garments.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- The fashion of his countenance was altered.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 9:29
(dated) Polite, fashionable, or genteel life; social position; good breeding.
- men of fashion

Verb

fashion (third-person singular simple present fashions, present participle fashioning, simple past and past participle fashioned)

To make, build or construct, especially in a crude or improvised way.
- I have three gourds which I fill with water and take back to my cave against the long nights. I have fashioned a spear and a bow and arrow, that I may conserve my ammunition, which is running low.1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IX
- […] a device fashioned by arguments against that kind of prey.2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 235b
(dated) To make in a standard manner; to work.
- Fashioned plate sells for more than its weight.1691, [John Locke], Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money. […], London: […] Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published 1692, →OCLC
(dated) To fit, adapt, or accommodate to.
- Laws ought to be fashioned unto the manners and conditions of the people.1596 (date written; published 1633), Edmund Spenser, A Vewe of the Present State of Irelande […], Dublin: […] Societie of Stationers, […], →OCLC; republished as A View of the State of Ireland […]...
(obsolete) To forge or counterfeit.
- Let me, if not by birth, have lands by wit; All with me's meet that I can fashion feet.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

fashion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

fashion in Hindi

current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons: फ़ैशन faiśan

fashion in Tamil

current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons: ஃபேஷன் fēṣaṉ, ஒய்யாரம் oyyāram

fashion in Urdu

current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons: فَیشَن faiśan

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fashion in Bengali: রেওয়াজ reōẇaj, চল col, ফ্যাশন phêśon
fashion in Telugu: ఠీవి ṭhīvi
fashion in Malayalam: ഫാഷൻ
fashion in Kannada: ಮಾಟ, ಶೈಲಿ, ವೈಖರಿ, ನಮೂನೆ
fashion in Gujarati: ફેશન, ફેશનિંગ
fashion in Sanskrit: तक्षति tákṣati, ताष्टि tā́ṣṭi, तक्ष् takṣ
fashion in Sinhala: විලාසිතා wilāsitā
fashion in Assamese: ধুন dhun, ফেছন pheson, ঢং dhoṅ
fashion in Nepali: फेसन, फैशन, फेशन
fashion in Pashto: مود mod, موډ moḍ, فېشن fešan
fashion in Tagalog: moda
fashion in Arabic: مُودَة mōda, مُوضَة mūḍa, mōḍa
fashion in Malay: fesyen
fashion in Indonesian: mode, fesyen
fashion in Thai: แฟชั่น fɛɛ-chân
fashion in Vietnamese: thời trang, mốt
fashion in Myanmar: ဖက်ရှင် hpakhrang

Examples of fashion in a sentence

When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp....
It shell-shocked the home crowd, who quickly demanded a response, which came midway through the half and in emphatic fashion.2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:
Well, you should have my colorful fashions to thank.2020 December 25, Chris Van Dusen, “Diamond of the First Water”, in Bridgerton, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Lady Portia Featherington:

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Forms of fashion

Noun
plural	fashions
alternative form (obsolete)	fascion
Verb
third-person singular present	fashions
present participle	fashioning
past participle	fashioned
past	fashioned

Plural of fashion: fashions

Origin of fashion

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.

Words formed from fashion

Phrases with fashion

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Questions about fashion

What does fashion mean?: Fashion means a current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons.
What is fashion in Hindi?: Fashion in Hindi is फ़ैशन (faiśan). See Fashion meaning in Hindi.
How do you use fashion in a sentence?: When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.
What part of speech is fashion?: Fashion can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce fashion?: Fashion is pronounced /ˈfæʃ.ən/ (UK).
What is the plural of fashion?: The plural of fashion is fashions.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fashion (page history and authors); fashion (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ఠీవి (Telugu) (page history and authors); fashion (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fashion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fashion (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); तक्षति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); fashion (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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