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costume — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • costume noun An outfit worn to represent a particular character, period, or culture.
  • custom noun A long-established practice or tradition within a group or society.
  • habit noun Something you do regularly, often without thinking about it.
  • practice noun Repeated exercise of an activity in order to improve a skill.

Senses

costume is used for these senses in English:

  • costume A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
  • custom Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.
  • custom (legal) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent. Compare prescription.
  • habit An action performed on a regular basis.
  • practice A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine.

costume — full definition

  1. noun An outfit worn to represent a particular character, period, or culture.
  2. verb To dress someone in a costume.

custom — full definition

  1. noun A long-established practice or tradition within a group or society.
  2. adj Made specifically to someone's particular requirements, rather than mass-produced.
  3. noun The regular patronage a business gets from its customers.

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