wear
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1.0
- noun
- /wɛr/
- His winter wear includes a warm coat and sturdy boots to brave the cold.
- casual wear
- formal wear
- evening wear
Examples
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They're a young team, specializing in expensive, high fashion, romantic clothes, particularly evening wear and dreamy wedding dresses, but they've never made a Royal wedding dress before.
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Even in formal wear, the wedding could be uniquely designed to suit the couple's tastes.
Academic text (2013) -
So we're going to to use evening wear, which has just launched.
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I had seen it in the best ladies' wear store in Gold Lake.
Fiction book (1995) -
It's their traditional head wear.
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I got my formal wear.
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-Assorted day wear and shoes?
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Choose leisure wear and matching luggage.
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Now, the idea is to show different eras of swim wear fashion, but all ideas are welcome.
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Later she walked toward the men's wear area while I went to the book section.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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1.0
Things you wear to cover your body, like shirts and coats
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1.1
A set of clothes and accessories worn for a particular occasion
560
1.0
Things you wear to cover your body
115
1.0
Clothes of a particular style or for a special occasion
53
4.3
Clothes for special or formal occasions, like a suit
53
3.8
Clothing for a particular purpose or event
11
8.3
Clothes you wear that look smart or stylish
2
2.8
Clothes people put on to cover their body
1
9.9
Special clothes worn for a certain role or ceremony
1
9.9
Clothes worn for ceremony or special events
Idioms
- Informal
To show your feelings openly so other people can see them
Compounds
20
3.0
Slow damage that happens to things like cars or furniture from normal use over time
1
2.7
Items like gloves or mittens you put on your hands for warmth, protection, and style
How Formal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wear for clothes comes from an old idea of 'carrying' things on the body, so wear means the clothing you 'carry' or have on yourself.