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

Tampa International Airport became the first to announce dress code rules in an X (formerly Twitter) post shared on February 26. —Lara Walsh, InStyle, 26 Feb. 2026

Headed up, in part, by Vogue's global editorial director Anna Wintour, the Met Gala marries high fashion with high stakes as celebrities attempt not to offend even the fiercest of internet critics with their take on the dress code du jour. —Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has set the phrase as the dress code for the 2026 Costume Institute Benefit on May 4, which will be co-chaired by Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour. —Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 23 Feb. 2026

What is the 2026 Met Gala dress code? —Gma Team, ABC News, 23 Feb. 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