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- [dres]
- /drɛs/
- /dres/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dres]
- /drɛs/
Definitions of dress word
- noun dress an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece. 1
- noun dress clothing; apparel; garb: The dress of the 18th century was colorful. 1
- noun dress formal attire. 1
- noun dress a particular form of appearance; guise. 1
- noun dress outer covering, as the plumage of birds. 1
- adjective dress of or for a dress or dresses. 1
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Origin of dress
First appearance:
before 1275 One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; Middle English dressen < Anglo-French dresser, dresc(i)er, to arrange, prepare, Old French drecier < Vulgar Latin *dīrēctiāre, derivative of Latin dīrēctus direct; noun use of v. in sense “attire” from circa 1600
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Parts of speech for Dress
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dress popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% 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".
dress usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dress
noun dress
- gown — a woman's dress or robe, especially one that is full-length.
- frock — a gown or dress worn by a girl or woman.
- attire — Your attire is the clothes you are wearing.
- garb — a fashion or mode of dress, especially of a distinctive, uniform kind: in the garb of a monk.
- uniform — identical or consistent, as from example to example, place to place, or moment to moment: uniform spelling; a uniform building code.
verb dress
- trim — to put into a neat or orderly condition by clipping, paring, pruning, etc.: to trim a hedge.
- don — Donald Eugene ("Don") 1936–95, U.S. jazz trumpeter.
- adorn — If something adorns a place or an object, it makes it look more beautiful.
- cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- turn out — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
adjective dress
- sartorial — of or relating to tailors or their trade: sartorial workmanship.
Antonyms for dress
Top questions with dress
- what color is the dress?
- dress up who?
- dress ups who?
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