1
a(1)
: the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time
The spring fashions are now on display.
(2)
: a garment in such a style
always wears the latest fashions
b
: a prevailing custom, usage, or style
Literary fashions have changed in recent years.
c
: social standing or prominence especially as signalized by dress or conduct
men and women of fashion
2
a
: mode of action or operation
assembled in an orderly fashion
not even changing fashions in warfare have diminished the island's strategic importance—
Franc Shor
Franc Shor
b
: a distinctive or peculiar and often habitual manner or way
he will, after his sour fashion, tell you—William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
fashioned; fashioning
ˈfa-shᵊn-iŋ 
ˈfash-niŋ
; fashions
1
: to give shape or form to : to make, construct, or create (something) usually with careful attention or by the use of imagination and ingenuity
fashion a lamp from an old churn
a figure fashioned from clay
… delegating to the commander-in-chief the power to fashion the rules of the military justice system …—Fred Strasser
Fred StrasserUp there in the mountains old ladies … are still hooking rugs … and fashioning dainty dolls out of corn shucks.—Richard Atcheson
Richard Atcheson2
: to design or devise for a particular use or purpose
… were the vessels fashioned for royalty distinguished from objects intended for nonroyal consumers?—Asian Art
Asian Art3
obsolete
: contrive
Examples of fashion in a Sentence
Noun
Jewelry and clothing fashions vary with the season.
Short skirts have come back into fashion.
Those ruffled blouses went out of fashion years ago.
She always wears the latest fashions.
Literary fashions have changed in recent years.
We started the meeting in an orderly fashion.
We all lined up in orderly fashion.
Verb
Students fashioned the clay into small figures.
She used the scraps of fabric to fashion a little doll's dress.
a table fashioned out of an old door
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Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Kimmel’s peers, including Stephen Colbert, whose own CBS show was cancelled in similar fashion just a couple months ago, responded to the news with biting humor and clear solidarity.
—Ben Zweig, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Fill a mason jar, or any container, with apple cider vinegar, and then fashion a funnel out of a piece of notebook paper or a coffee filter.
—Emma Ashe, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The Mariners won Game 5 in dramatic fashion behind third baseman Eugenio Suárez’s eighth-inning grand slam.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Kimmel’s peers, including Stephen Colbert, whose own CBS show was cancelled in similar fashion just a couple months ago, responded to the news with biting humor and clear solidarity.
—Ben Zweig, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
That taps into the kingdom’s plans to fashion itself as a key trade and logistics hub, investing in new infrastructure like ports and airports, and creating a new airline.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Fill a mason jar, or any container, with apple cider vinegar, and then fashion a funnel out of a piece of notebook paper or a coffee filter.
—Emma Ashe, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Fashion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fashion. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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fashion
1 of 2 noun
fash·ion
ˈfash-ən
1
: the shape or form of something
2
: manner sense 2, way
behave in a strange fashion
3
: a common style especially of dress during a particular time or among a certain group
an idea that is out of fashion
Etymology
Noun
Middle English facioun "shape, manner," from early French façon (same meaning), from Latin faction-, factio "action of making," from facere "to make, do" — related to artificial, benefit, confection, factory, manufacture, perfect, satisfy
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