fashion
how something is done or how it happens
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,041 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 17,672 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.008% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- how something is done or how it happens also: manner, mode, style, way her dignified mannerhis rapid manner of talking
- characteristic or habitual practice
- the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior
- consumer goods (especially clothing) in the current mode
verb
- make out of components (often in an improvising manner) also: forge She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks
fashion in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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As he advanced he puffed in leisurely fashion at a cigarette.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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It gratified him, after a fashion, yet it more than half annoyed him.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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They mourned for her each after her own fashion, and each according to her individual character.
The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls · L. T. Meade · Chapter 1
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Can you guess, Dainty lady of fashion, with "dots" of your own, Bright-eyed and trim-vestured, well-fed and well-grown?
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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Walk by her a' th' nobleman's fashion, and tell her you will lie with her at the end of the progress.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1