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- [uh-tahyuh r]
- /əˈtaɪər/
- /əˈtaɪər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uh-tahyuh r]
- /əˈtaɪər/
Definitions of attire word
- uncountable noun attire Your attire is the clothes you are wearing. 3
- verb attire to dress, esp in fine elegant clothes; array 3
- noun attire clothes or garments, esp if fine or decorative 3
- noun attire the antlers of a mature male deer 3
- verb transitive attire to dress, esp. in fine garments; clothe; array 3
- noun attire clothes, esp. fine or rich apparel; finery 3
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Origin of attire
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; (v.) Middle English atiren < Anglo-French atirer, Old French atirier, verbal derivative of a tire into a row or rank (see a-3, tier1); (noun) Middle English atir < Anglo-French, noun derivative of the v.
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Parts of speech for Attire
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
attire popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
attire usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for attire
verb attire
- drape — to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
- deck — A deck on a vehicle such as a bus or ship is a lower or upper area of it.
- clad — If you are clad in particular clothes, you are wearing them.
- dud — a device, person, or enterprise that proves to be a failure.
- outfit — an assemblage of articles that equip a person for a particular task, role, trade, etc.: an explorer's outfit.
noun attire
- clothing — Clothing is the things that people wear.
- clothes — Clothes are the things that people wear, such as shirts, coats, trousers, and dresses.
- apparel — Apparel means clothes, especially formal clothes worn on an important occasion.
- wear — to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat; to wear a saber; to wear a disguise.
- garb — a fashion or mode of dress, especially of a distinctive, uniform kind: in the garb of a monk.
Antonyms for attire
verb attire
noun attire
- disattire — (transitive) To undress.
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