[
US
/ˈkɑstum, kɑˈstum/
]
[ UK /kˈɒstjuːm/ ]
[ UK /kˈɒstjuːm/ ]
NOUN
-
unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place
in spite of the heat he insisted on his woolen costume -
the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball
he won the prize for best costume -
the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class
he wore his national costume - the prevalent fashion of dress (including accessories and hair style as well as garments)
VERB
-
dress in a costume
We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins - furnish with costumes; as for a film or play
How To Use costume In A Sentence
- With a stage presence as big as her amazing costumes, her ad-libs and one-liners had the audience in raptures.
- And, as I have patiently had to explain to costumers in shows I have directed, footwear is very important for the actor.
- But I am uncomfortable with the way he talks me into buying and wearing the costumes. The Sun
- As the basic principle of the feudal law, "Criminate according to the five costumes"is of great significance to the legislative process and the judicial practice.
- Mr. Hernandez's monochromatic costumes were 1950s-style, with the plain garb of the villagers contrasting with the cosmopolitan clothes of Neruda and his wife, Matilde, and Di Cosimo's natty, attention-getting white suit. When Postman and Poet Meet
- Gorgeous in a seemingly effortless Kate Hudson/Blake Lively kind of way, her future calling dawned on her when she saw her dad performing on stage and became enamored with the costumes the dancers were wearing. Buzzine » Stacey Oristano
- Yes the win in Riesa was pleasing as I was wearing a normal costume and was unrested, unshaved and untapered so that's always a confidence boost
- She goes swimming every morning before breakfast. What you wear for this activity is usually called a swimming costume in BrE and a bathing suit in AmE.
- The costumier Tanya took us again to check the costume painting.
- Then as well we were treated to beautiful Mozart and Strauss music by a delightful quintet in traditional costume.