Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An evening party or reception.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An evening party or reunion: as, a musical soirée.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An evening party; -- distinguished from
levee , andmatinée .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
formal evening party
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The 2009 soiree is rumored for Greece with Larry Summers and General James L. Jones on the invitation list.
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I walk in last night and Q is all laughing and giggling like shes been at a party all day (+1 gay point, I REALLY want to use the word soiree there).
waterdiluted Diary Entry waterdiluted 2007
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Maybridge rather liked Donaldson's old-fashioned use of the word soiree, it had an air of elegance, of peaceful days long gone.
The Fifth Rapunzel Gill, B. M. 1991
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A Fox Nation article about President Obama's birthday party in Chicago referred to the soiree as a "Hip-Hop BBQ."
HUFFPOST HILL - JUST IN: U.S. Expecting S&P Downgrade Eliot Nelson 2011
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The genesis for the soiree was the marking of actions undertaken by the new Green Team in our company, under Cynthia Yang's able leadership.
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Before, we went to colorwheel's soiree, that is, my house was there, and tahnan too, and saxikath and in_parentheses
The morning is a time when I get up cnoocy 2004
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In the living room, Tiny and her momma sat in what Tiny called her soiree chairs.
Yolonda's Genius Carol Fenner 2001
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In the living room, Tiny and her momma sat in what Tiny called her soiree chairs.
Yolonda's Genius Carol Fenner 2001
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In the living room, Tiny and her momma sat in what Tiny called her soiree chairs.
Yolonda's Genius Carol Fenner 2001
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In the living room, Tiny and her momma sat in what Tiny called her soiree chairs.
Yolonda's Genius Carol Fenner 2001
agustinolvera commented on the word soiree
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer pg. 230
"You promised to ask my permission to go to some werewolf soiree tonight."
December 2, 2010