costume

Pronunciation

• (UK) (noun) (verb) IPA ^(key): /ˈkɒs.tjuːm/ or /ˈkɒs.tʃuːm/
• (US) (noun) IPA ^(key): /ˈkɑs.t(j)uːm/ or /ˈkɑs.tʃuːm/ or /ˈkɑs.təm/
• (US) (verb) IPA ^(key): /kɑsˈt(j)uːm/ or /kɑsˈtʃuːm/ or /ˈkɑs.t(j)uːm/ or /ˈkɑs.tʃuːm/

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Noun

Singular costume

Plural costumes

Two men in costumes.

A woman in a costume.

1. (countable) A costume is the clothes you wear that makes you look like someone or something else.

   For Halloween this year I wore a skeleton costume.

Verb

Plain form costume

Third-person singular costumes

Past tense costumed

Past participle costumed

Present participle costuming

1. If you costume yourself, you dress up with a costume.