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.
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Once again, the dress code for the evening was Black designer and black tie—attendees did not disappoint. Rachel Marlowe, Vogue, 2 Feb. 2025 Men are definitely back in the office (at least three days a week), but their dress code has changed. Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 31 Jan. 2025 Dressed in black, as per the dress code, guests including actors Alia Bhatt and Rani Mukherji and industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla admired and filmed the colonial pillars, stained glass windows and blue arched doors of an old, reimagined neighborhood of Kolkata. Riddhi Doshi, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025 The dress code, according to Price, was to reinforce the restaurant’s family-friendly atmosphere. Jasmine Browley, Essence, 14 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for dress code 

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 6 Feb. 2025.

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