What is "attire" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does attire mean in English? Meaning of attire definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "attire" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "attire": clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion

Noun

  • Meaning: clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
  • Example: formal attire battle dress
  • Synonyms: attire dress garb
  • Hyponyms: activewear ao dai athletic wear costume disguise ecclesiastical attire ecclesiastical robe evening clothes evening dress eveningwear false hair finery formalwear getup habit hairpiece morning dress outfit postiche riding habit rig sportswear turnout
  • Hypernyms: article of clothing clothing habiliment vesture wear wearable
  • Meaning of "attire": put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive

    Verb

  • Meaning: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
  • Example: She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera The young girls were all fancied up for the party
  • Synonyms: attire deck out deck up dress up fancy up fig out fig up get up gussy up overdress prink rig out tog out tog up trick out trick up
  • Hyponyms: bedizen dizen dress enrobe plume prank preen primp tart up
  • Hypernyms: dress get dressed
  • Antonyms: dress down underdress
  • Also see: dress get dressed
  • Synonyms:

    habit, garb, vestment, uniform, costume, apparel, dress, getup, clothes, gear, things, outfit, threads, array, raiment, duds, wear, bib and tucker, drapes, togs, garments, habiliments, accoutrements, drape, deck, clad, dud, outfit, costume, equip, array, dress, tog, accoutre, doll up, turn out, deck out, dude up, fit out, suit up,

    Antonyms:

    disrobe, bare, unclothe,

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