/ˈfæʃən/
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Translation
The style of clothes or hair that many people like at one time.
Word origin
From Old French facon, a way of making something, from Latin factio, from facere, to make.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- facere
- English cognates
- fact, factory
Examples
latest .
Fashion is the style of clothes that is popular right now.
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"In fashion" means popular now; "out of fashion" means no longer popular.
Paris.
The fashion industry is the business of designing and selling clothes.
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