fashionable

«fashionable» in Mova's school dictionary: Popular and in style at a certain time, especially… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (fashionable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Popular and in style at a certain time, especially clothes, hair or ideas. tree →

2) Liked or used by rich or stylish people: «a fashionable restaurant». tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life: fashionable clothes, trainers, haircuts. In history: what was fashionable long ago (wigs, ruffs). Phrases: «become fashionable», «go out of fashion». Opposite: unfashionable, old-fashioned.

examples

• Big jumpers are fashionable this winter. tree →
• She always wears fashionable clothes. tree →
• Long ago, white wigs were fashionable. tree →
• That haircut isn't fashionable any more. tree →
• They ate at a fashionable café in town. tree →
• It became fashionable to ride scooters. tree →
• But the old goblin danced about the room with his young bride, and exchanged boots with her, which is more fashionable than exchanging rings. tree →

note

Comparison: more fashionable, most fashionable. Related: fashion (noun), fashionably (adverb). «Old-fashioned» means out of date.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fashionable» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.