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Collocations for fashion - noun


2. way you do sth

ADJECTIVE

true …
He insisted the meeting be held, in true spy novel fashion, in the open air.
normal, standard, usual
Application for the course can be made in the normal fashion.
conventional, time-honoured/time-honored, traditional
They celebrated their win in traditional fashion by spraying champagne everywhere.
proper
Address me in a proper fashion.
characteristic, classic, typical
He delivered his speech in classic fashion.
We had just gone out when, in typical fashion, the rain came down.
identical, same, similar
Each chapter is structured in a similar fashion.
different
Light and sound are recorded in such different fashions.
limited
He has a small vocabulary and is only able to express himself in a limited fashion.
negative, positive
when people confront you in a negative fashion
no uncertain (esp. BrE)
Karpov struck back in no uncertain fashion to win the seventh game.
meaningful
best (often ironic), exemplary, fine, impressive
‘Like hell they are!’ he replies in best John Wayne fashion.
She has corrected that oversight in fine fashion.
appropriate
cavalier
coherent, consistent, controlled, orderly, organized, regular, systematic
We need to tackle this problem in a coordinated fashion.
ad hoc, desultory, haphazard, piecemeal, random, roundabout
arbitrary
direct, honest, straightforward
He asked questions in a direct fashion
serious
She writes in a serious fashion about the future
deliberate
They act in a purposeful and deliberate fashion.
leisurely, relaxed
She was strolling in a leisurely fashion in the opposite direction.
logical, predictable
convincing
She laid out her argument in a convincing fashion.
circular, linear
The story moves in circular fashion.
Costs and revenues are assumed to behave in a linear fashion.
timely
I strive to get my work done in a timely fashion.
dramatic, spectacular
grand
slowly descending the stairs in a grand fashion
bizarre, curious, odd, peculiar, strange
mysterious
friendly
entertaining
He presents it in an entertaining fashion.
businesslike
democratic

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VERB + fashion

act in, behave in
proceed in
Please proceed in an orderly fashion to the promenade deck.
The convention proceeded in the normal fashion.

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PREPOSITION

after a fashion
So they became friends, after a fashion (= to some extent).
in a fashion
Why are they behaving in such a ridiculous fashion?
The troops embarked in an orderly fashion.

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