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    costume
    /ˈkɒstjuːm/

    noun

    verb

    • 1. dress (someone) in a particular set of clothes: "the dolls are elaborately costumed in fancy nineteenth-century dresses"

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  3. Learn the meaning of costume as a set of clothes typical of a country or period, or as a set of clothes worn for a role or occasion. See examples of costume in sentences and collocations.

  4. Learn the origin, usage, and synonyms of the word costume, which can be a noun, verb, or adjective. Find examples of costume in different contexts, such as fashion, theater, and parties.

  5. Costume definition: a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.. See examples of COSTUME used in a sentence.

  6. A costume is a set of clothes you wear when you want to dress up like another person. You might wear a witch's costume to go trick-or-treating on Halloween, or put on a George Washington costume to reenact a scene from the American Revolution in a play.

  7. Learn the meaning of costume as a set of clothes worn for a particular occasion or to look like someone or something else. See examples of costume in different contexts and collocations with other words.

  8. [countable, uncountable] the clothes worn by actors in a play or film, or worn by somebody to make them look like somebody/something else. The former dancer has also designed the costumes. The costumes for this production were gorgeous. They are already planning their costumes for Halloween.

  9. Learn the meaning of costume as a noun and an adjective, with synonyms, pronunciation, and usage examples. Find out how to use costume in different contexts, such as history, theater, and fashion.