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 The regime’s morality police arrested and tortured Amini for failing to properly cover her hair, as required by the Islamic nation’s strict dress code. Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 20 May 2024 The Cannes Film Festival red carpet is notoriously strict about its black-tie dress code (one man in a blue tuxedo who committed the fashion travesty of wearing white socks was almost turned away). Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 14 May 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 28 May. 2024.

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