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Meanings of clothes in English

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All coverings designed to be worn on a person's body.

Portuguese
roupas

Clothing in general.

roupas
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Examples for "things"
Examples for "things"
1
The Good Book preaches Order above all things; therefore Order is good.
Runemarks
2
In Europe, unfortunately, things seem to be going exactly the opposite way.
Reuters
3
However things are different in most of modern-day Europe and North America.
BBC
4
Different companies specialize in different things, just like different countries used to.
The unincorporated man
5
Early last year, however, when Dick opened his new place, things changed.
The new yorker
1
Given the latter case, the former problem is probably a good thing.
The Irish Times
2
It's happening a year later which is a good thing, he said.
The Guardian
3
For many in southern Europe, solidarity means one thing above all: eurobonds.
The Irish Times
4
She thought; then said: Yes, there is a thing you don't know.
Engine Summer
5
One thing was clear, however; his finances didn't ring true at all.
Girl out back
1
Several years ago the plan for Target was to focus on clothing.
News.com.au
2
The most common place of origin for clothing today is south-east Asia.
The Irish Times
3
Like all the others, he said, 'Nobody wants a clothing factory today.
A Confederacy of Dunces
4
Authorities said they were searching for another possible gunman wearing military-style clothing.
Reuters
5
In the meantime Mrs. Woodward was immersed in the subject of clothing.
The Luckiest Girl in the School
Usage of clothes in English
1
A very fine set of clothes, yes sir, yes indeed, very fine.
Jack Reacher 01 - Killing Floor
2
The ready-to-wear clothes industry, New York's major industry, is almost exclusively Jewish.
Hermit in paris: autobiographical writings
3
But her story runs far deeper than simply wearing the right clothes.
BBC
4
No animals he'd ever seen wore clothes, and none ever carried weapons.
The Valley of Horses
5
In the Middle East, for instance, this means longer clothes, he said.
The Guardian
6
This is particularly the case when clothes for work are under consideration.
The Irish Times
7
The plain-clothes special agents protect the President, First Family, Vice-President and family.
The Irish Times
8
The clothes were of good quality, although none of them was new.
American Gods
9
A new process to dye clothes using bacteria could bring environmental benefits.
BBC
10
New clothes or toys for the children were out of the question.
97 orchard: an edible history of five immigrant families in one ...
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Don't let a fine suit of clothes try to tell you different.
God’s Little Acre
12
The gowns protect health workers' clothes from droplets that might contain Covid-19.
Radio NZ
13
Her father Mahmud says some of the clothes are sold in Europe.
Reuters
14
I love fashion, but I haven't really got any free clothes yet.
The Guardian
15
For them KK meant, quite simply: Koschere Kleiderfabrik -kosher clothes factory.
Melnitz
16
It was a good thing he had brought a change of clothes.
A necessary evil
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