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Definition of fashionable adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fashionable

adjective
 
/ˈfæʃnəbl/
 
/ˈfæʃnəbl/
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  1. following a style that is popular at a particular time
    • fashionable clothes/ideas/styles
    • He was laughed at by his more fashionable friends.
    • it is fashionable to do something It's becoming fashionable to have long hair again.
    • fashionable among somebody Such thinking is currently fashionable among right-wing politicians.
    Extra Examples
    • These cars are no longer fashionable among the young.
    • a young and suddenly fashionable actor
    • ‘Exchange’ is currently a fashionable word in archaeology.
    • Everything Italian suddenly became fashionable.
    • Recently it has become fashionable to dismiss this theory.
    • The illustration shows examples of fashionable dress in the late 1840s.
    • Pyjamas have become fashionable daywear.
    Topics Clothes and Fashionb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • become
    adverb
    • extremely
    • highly
    • very
    preposition
    • among
    See full entry
  2. used or visited by people following a current fashion, especially by rich people
    • a fashionable address/resort/restaurant
    • She lives in a very fashionable part of London.
    • The shop moved to a more fashionable address.
    • The play is a satire on fashionable society in Victorian times.
    opposite unfashionable compare old-fashioned
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • become
    adverb
    • extremely
    • highly
    • very
    preposition
    • among
    See full entry
See fashionable in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee fashionable in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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