fancy dress
A costume, disguise to masquerade as something or someone elseA costume, disguise to masquerade as something or someone else.
» Why is Mary wearing a fancy dress today?
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3 senses(Australia, UK, uncountable, usually)A costume, disguise to masquerade as something or someone else.
Karnevalskostüm
a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
(uncountable, usually)Formalwear.
(uncountable, usually)Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fancy, dress.
Examples
6 sentencesWhy is Mary wearing a fancy dress today?
My children just love fancy dress parties.
Tom invited us to a fancy dress party.
deTom lud uns auf ein Kostümfest ein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I sometimes like to wear fancy dresses to feel pretty.
Lakhdar Benkoula, the fascist, wore a fancy dress for his birthday party.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
plural: fancy dresses| Singular | fancy dress |
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uncountable
Synonyms
2 synonyms- a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party:masquerademasquerade costume
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable