fashion-n; 5 Senses

Sense Number 1: a manner or method of doing something

Commentary: FASHION[+activity][+manner][+characterized]

Examples:
The man walked down the street in a peculiar fashion.
The refugees assembled at the food tents in an orderly fashion.
John, in his typical fashion, was late for the meeting.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2

Sense Number 2: a popular trend or mode

Commentary: FASHION[+state][+social][+public][+preference][+style]

Examples:
This magazine shows all the latest fashions from Paris and Milan.
She wanted to be part of the fashion scene.
It's a fashion of hairstyle you don't see much in Asia.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 4

Sense Number 3: approximately, sort of

Commentary: IDIOM: after_a_fashion

Examples:
The students have learned to type, after a fashion.
I guess you could say he's running the family business, after a fashion.

Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: Idiom

Sense Number 4: in a manner similar to

Commentary: IDIOM: after/in_the_fashion_of

Examples:
She took time for granted after the fashion of wealthy and pampered girls.
Mary decorated her dining room in the fashion of the Art Deco movement.

Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: Idiom

Sense Number 5: unfavorable, not popular

Commentary: IDIOM: out_of_fashion

Examples:
It's a style of window treatment that has largely fallen out of fashion.
That style of populist politician fell out of fashion in the 19th century.

Mappings:
WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: Idiom