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Meaning of fad | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
fæd

Definitions

  1. fashion
  2. A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time.
  3. Initialism of flavin adenine dinucleotide.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
  4. mode

Equivalents

العربية البدعة تقليعة
Bosanski moda trend мода
Català moda
Deutsch Fimmel Hype Mode Modeerscheinung Trend
Esperanto furoro
Français Fad lubie mode
Hrvatski moda trend мода
Italiano andazzo moda tendenza
日本語 ファッド
Kurdî moda mode trend Uso
Македонски занес манија мода
Nederlands manie modegril rage
Polski moda
Português moda
Русский причуда
Српски moda trend мода
Svenska dagslända fluga
Tagalog uso
Türkçe moda trend

Examples

“You're a fad, that means you're something that we've already had, but once you're gone, you don't come back.”
“The pet rock fad was started by an advertising executive named Gary Dahl. The premise was simple: take ordinary rocks, glue eyes on them, and market them as pets.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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