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apparel

apparel

57 3.8
Clothing for a particular purpose or event
  • noun
  • /əˈpɛrəl/
  • Formal
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  • Many stores offer a wide variety of outdoor apparel for hiking and camping.
  • purchase apparel
  • shop for apparel
  • brand-name apparel

Is one of your brand values adaptive apparel for differently abled people?

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Examples

  • I sometimes purchase brand-name apparel products solely because they are popular among my peer group.

    Academic text (2011)
  • There's a multibillion dollar company on the West Coast in the apparel business.

  • The Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management involved a case study of two apparel businesses in Mexico.

    Academic text (2012)
  • All respondents who reported shopping for apparel 1-3 times a week were women.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The third question asked whether students wore different apparel on campus than off campus.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Question 10 asked if the apparel purchases of friends affected the individual's purchases.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The collection allows students to view samples of apparel and textiles from across history and around the world.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Recently, the UFC has signed an exclusive deal with Reebok for their apparel for everything.

  • Is one of your brand values adaptive apparel for differently abled people?

  • Within the manufacturing sector, the core includes the apparel, textile, and fabricated metal products industries.

    Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

clothes
vsapparel
1.0

Things you wear to cover your body, like shirts and coats

is more formal and also used in commercial descriptions
clothing
vsapparel
530 1.0

Things you wear to cover your body

is used more in commercial or formal sales contexts
outfit
vsapparel
453 1.1

A set of clothes and accessories worn for a particular occasion

is a general commercial or formal term, not just a single set
garment
vsapparel
120 1.8

An item of clothing that covers the body

is the broader category used in formal or business contexts
attire
vsapparel
  • Formal
51 4.3

Clothes for special or formal occasions, like a suit

is the general business or formal category of such items
threads
vsapparel
  • Slang
1 8.3

Clothes you wear that look smart or stylish

is the formal commercial term rather than slang or casual speech
wearing apparel
vsapparel
1 2.8

Clothes people put on to cover their body

is often used for specific kinds or occasions and in trade

Compounds

A business that designs, makes and sells clothes

1 3.7

Clothes women wear under other clothes, for example bras and panties

A company that owns many clothing stores under the same brand

Clothes people put on to cover their body

How Formal

formal
1 3.5
business suit
16 1.8
apparel
  • Formal
57 3.8
work clothes
11 1.6
casual
81 1.3

Surface Forms

apparel singular
apparels plural

Etymology

The word apparel comes from an old root parare that means 'to prepare' and is the same root as the English word prepare. So apparel is the clothing you put on to be 'made ready' for a special time or event.