dress code

noun

: formally or socially imposed standards of dress

Examples of dress code in a Sentence

The school imposed a new dress code that forbids students from wearing jeans.
Recent Examples on the Web While many royal brides, including Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle, stay true to the typical all-white look for the day with their shoes, Olivia Henson deviated from the typical bridal dress code here. Madeline Dangmann, Glamour, 11 June 2024 Double-check your cruise's dress code for day and evening wear. Nora Colomer, Fox News, 5 June 2024 Even some traditionally conservative women are now bucking the regime’s dress code, if only to avoid being associated by other Iranians with the political system and its failures (especially its draconian human rights record). Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 24 May 2024 The key to nailing wedding season is a couple of dress options that not only fit the dress code but are also lightweight and breezy enough to get you seamlessly through an outdoor afternoon ceremony to an evening reception. Wendy Vazquez, Southern Living, 2 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for dress code 

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Word History

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dress code was in 1961

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“Dress code.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dress%20code. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.

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