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

Wood was asked about a golf outing where a friend’s father showed up in a traditional dress code, only to find the rest of the group in quarter-zips and in vests from a brand that shall go unnamed but is synonymous with New York’s Wall Street. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026

But the school’s dress code prohibits messages that are lewd, indecent, vulgar or profane. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2026

The gala’s official dress code, co-chairs and host committee will be announced at a later date. — Robert Lang, Deadline, 31 July 2026

Sturgis is less one event than a temporary town with its own economy, entertainment, dress code and soundtrack. — Josh Max, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dress code

• abode
• anode
• barcode
• bestowed
• boatload
• borrowed
• carload
• caseload
• cathode
• commode
• corrode
• crossroad