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cos‧tume/ˈkɒstjʊm $ ˈkɑːstuːm/ noun
[date : 1700-1800; Language : French; Origin : Italian, 'custom, dress', from Latin consuetudo; ⇨ custom¹]
1. [COUNTABLE]
a set of clothes worn by an actor or by someone to make them look like something such as an animal, famous person etc ⇨ outfit:
　 ▪ the film’s lavish costumes and spectacular sets
　 ▪ Hallowe'en costumes

2. [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE]
clothes that are typical of a particular place or period of time in the past:
　 ▪ The dancers were in national costume.
　 ▪ performers dressed in period costume (=the clothes of a period of history)

3. [COUNTABLE]
British English a swimming costume

noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a costume designer (=for clothes for the actors in a play)
▪ He spent eight years as a costume designer for TV commercials.
a costume drama (=about events in history, in which people wear costumes from that time)
▪ a costume drama set in 17th century France
bathing costume
costume drama
costume jewellery
national costume
▪ folk dancers in national costume
swimming costume
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADJECTIVE
bathing
▪ She looked like a tank in her bathing costume, Hoomey thought, squat and powerful and belligerent.
▪ We wish her well, but advise her not to take a bathing costume.
▪ He realised it would not matter at all that they had no bathing costumes.
▪ She has to decide about bathing costumes.
national
▪ Waiters in the silver national costume of Luctia bowed stiffly as they placed dish after lavish dish in front of the delegates.
▪ The folk dances and national costumes are a delight to see and the splendid copperware, embroidery and lace make original souvenirs.
▪ Stout Mrs Muller, in her national costume, sang.
swimming
▪ And as a result we have been treated to the delightful sight of Princess Diana in a variety of stunning swimming costumes.
▪ She looks blummin beautiful in that swimming costume.
▪ I pull on my swimming costume, leaving shoes behind, picking up a towel.
traditional
▪ Today the only traditional costumes to be seen are those worn by the flower-sellers and folk dancers.
▪ Nor does it accommodate the traditional costumes or a tired, very conventional acting style.
▪ At midday all the people from Amantani dress up in traditional costume and they go up to the two centres.
▪ The downstairs restaurant where breakfast is served, has walls decorated with paintings of people dressed in traditional local costumes.
NOUN
change
▪ She raised temperatures in chilly Glasgow with six rapid costume changes.
▪ It was an onstage costume change.
▪ In those forty minutes Kylie packed in eight songs and no less than four costume changes.
▪ The band works with great arrangements, great sensitivity to the singers and with costume changes and even a couple comic bits.
▪ Six dancers utilised a variety of costume changes, arguably too many, to journey through the enormity of the past.
▪ With only twenty minutes to work with, there was no time for costume changes or extra entrances and exits.
▪ He knows what performer in what movie had the most costume changes, sixty-five, in motion picture history.
▪ The same pitifully small group of students was shifted from classroom to classroom, with costume changes in between.
designer
▪ At 81 she married costume designer Jean Louis, who died three years ago.
▪ If forced to examine the movie from that sociological mountaintop, veteran costume designer Ann Roth is right.
▪ Directors and costume designers, not to mention tech people and assistants, all play a key part.
drama
▪ Nothing could be further from costume drama or the spreading of cloaks over puddles.
▪ More often, the movie founders when confronting spiritual issues and settles for the spectacle of a costume drama.
jewellery
▪ She slipped on a figure-hugging black dress and adorned the outfit with a bold selection of costume jewellery.
▪ But costume jewellery had the distinct advantage of not pretending to be anything other than what it was.
party
▪ In the afternoon there'd be costume parties.
▪ Nicholas Hotel, a costume party with the Mayor present and the ballroom packed with people stamping their feet and clapping.
period
▪ The exhibits are surrounded by period costumes and photographs, and the show is to last until January.
▪ All performers in period costume with period music.
▪ Plus a Battlefield model and period costume dolls.
▪ Overseeing the project was Anne Wallwork, a television-trained period costume cutter specifically hired by Laura for the project.
▪ Staff dressed in period costume, and a photographic display recording the Branch's history was unveiled in the banking hall.
▪ Everyone in period costume - meet the Gentry; servants; soldiers; craftsmen.
VERB
dress
▪ Everyone was dressed in Music Hall costume.
▪ Some have made pilgrimages to re-enact ancient rituals in caves, others have dressed in costumes and objects evoking traditional Goddess images.
▪ The dinner will be held in a marquee in Friary Gardens, Richmond, with guests dressed in Victorian costume.
▪ Consequently, Julius Caesar was dressed in Elizabethan costume because no one thought that he ought to be dressed any differently.
▪ I have recoiled from a picture of myself in our family photograph album, all dressed up in this costume.
▪ Staff dressed in period costume, and a photographic display recording the Branch's history was unveiled in the banking hall.
▪ Charles made himself up for the new role, and dressed in the new costume.
make
▪ Eva helped Shadwell out by designing one of these productions and making the costumes.
▪ Donald McKayle, a skilled designer as well as a choreographer, made costumes for them and off they went to audition.
▪ She made his costume, cutting down a white linen shirt and fitting it tight up round the neck.
▪ Before Lindsay, I made costumes - after Lindsay, I made magic.
▪ With the invitations, it is helpful to give other parents a few ideas as to how they may make their children's costumes.
▪ Norah Lettuce Leaf Children like these kinds of silly jokes and, for this, you make a rabbit's costume.
▪ People spend six months making their costumes.
▪ This was Madge, who made costumes for the rest of us to wear at the party nights.
set
▪ Full marks go to the costume and set designers.
▪ As he often did, Holder created not only the choreography but also vivid music and costume and set designs.
▪ Simon bought up the costume store and set himself up in premises in Southwark, under the name Snogogram International.
wear
▪ Q: Is it fun wearing those costumes?
▪ He wears his native costume, is neither extravagant or frivolous in his clothing, nor is he ever poorly dressed.
▪ They wear swimming costumes cut high on the leg.
▪ She wore a smart blue costume with a tiny hat tilted over one eye.
▪ It was like showing up at the masquerade ball wearing the same costume two years in a row.
▪ These usually involve pupils wearing historical costume and carrying out tasks of a historical nature appropriate to the site.
▪ Days passed and still she wore the same costume.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
period costume/furniture etc
▪ All performers in period costume with period music.
▪ Decor includes period furniture and contemporary art.
▪ Inside, antiques, family paintings and period furniture enhance the elegance and character inherent in this finely proportioned manor house.
▪ Plus a Battlefield model and period costume dolls.
▪ The exhibits are surrounded by period costumes and photographs, and the show is to last until January.
▪ The marbled staircase leads to 126 rooms and suites filled with period furniture.
▪ The ranch house, corral and outbuildings have been restored and contain exhibits, photographs and period furniture.
▪ They filled it with period furniture and even had an antique staircase installed.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a Halloween costume
▪ All the guests attended the party in Victorian costume.
▪ I didn't like the play much but the costumes were amazing.
▪ My daughter wore a witch costume in the Halloween parade.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Displayed are costumes dating back to the silent era but not beyond the 1960s.
▪ Even so, its vibrant rhythms and gorgeous costumes make it Mr Chen's most accessible film so far.
▪ How handsome he looked in his d'Artagnan costume.
▪ Nothing could be further from costume drama or the spreading of cloaks over puddles.
▪ Overseeing the project was Anne Wallwork, a television-trained period costume cutter specifically hired by Laura for the project.
▪ The rest of the costumes do look a trifle ... stale.
▪ With only twenty minutes to work with, there was no time for costume changes or extra entrances and exits.
▪ Written 100 years ago it is performed here in the costumes of that period.