dress

CEFRA1

/dɹes/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A piece of clothing worn by women or girls.

  2. 02

    verb

    To put clothes on yourself or someone else.

Examples

  • I got this dress cheap in a sale.

  • You didn't have to dress.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /dɹɛs/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. To design, make, provide, or select clothes (for someone).

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe.

  2. To arrange or style (someone's hair).

More examples

In context

  • He was dressed in the latest fashions.

  • My kids are old enough to dress themselves now.

  • The fashion designer was proud to have dressed the queen for the charity event.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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Origin

noun

PIE word *dwís The verb is from Middle English dressen, dresse (“to arrange, put in order”), from Anglo-Norman, Old French dresser, drecier (modern French dresser), from Late Latin *dīrēctiāre (“to guide, direct”), from Classical Latin dīrēctus, whence English direct. Further akin to Latin regō. The noun is derived from the verb. Compare typologically adorn (<< Latin ōrnō < ōrdō, whence also ōrdinō, English order, ornament); Russian наряжа́ть (narjažátʹ), наря́д (narjád) (akin to ряд (rjad), поря́док (porjádok)).