Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The prevailing fashion, practice, or style.
- noun Popular acceptance or favor; popularity.
- intransitive verb To dance by striking a series of rigid, stylized poses, evocative of fashion models during photograph shoots.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The mode or fashion prevalent at any particular time; popular reception, repute, or estimation; common currency: now generally used in the phrase in vogue: as, a particular style of dress was then in. vogue; a writer who was in vogue fifty years ago; such opinions are now in vogue.
- noun General drift of ideas; rumor; report.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The way or fashion of people at any particular time; temporary mode, custom, or practice; popular reception for the time; -- used now generally in the phrase
in vogue . - noun obsolete Influence; power; sway.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the
prevailing fashion orstyle - noun
popularity or acurrent craze - noun A highly
stylized moderndance that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene in the 1960s. - verb intransitive To dance in the vogue dance style.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a current state of general acceptance and use
- noun the popular taste at a given time
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Had frequent flyer points been in vogue from the beginning of his career, he would be able to take everyone in this room as his guest on the dream vacation of a lifetime.
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Another way to true post-industrial decline, which is currently in vogue in certain circles, is to resort to the old isolationist notion of autarchy.
Robert Teitelman: On the nostalgia for manufacturing Robert Teitelman 2010
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With BioShock, most of us had never read Ayn Rand before, but it was suddenly in vogue to pretend we had.
Archive 2009-02-01 SVGL 2009
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With BioShock, most of us had never read Ayn Rand before, but it was suddenly in vogue to pretend we had.
I'd Rather Let The Flowers Keep Doing What They Do Best SVGL 2009
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Of late, it's been very much in vogue to beat up on the young.
Ilana Ross: Your Youth: A Time To Make Mistakes (That Will Haunt Your Political Career Forever) Ilana Ross 2010
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Another way to true post-industrial decline, which is currently in vogue in certain circles, is to resort to the old isolationist notion of autarchy.
Robert Teitelman: On the nostalgia for manufacturing Robert Teitelman 2010
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· Ebooks and digital publishing discussions were not as in vogue as at BEA.
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Of late, it's been very much in vogue to beat up on the young.
Ilana Ross: Your Youth: A Time To Make Mistakes (That Will Haunt Your Political Career Forever) Ilana Ross 2010
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Vampires have had times of being in vogue before, but nothing like they are now.
VAMPIRES- WHY HERE, WHY NOW? | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009
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Of late, it's been very much in vogue to beat up on the young.
Ilana Ross: Your Youth: A Time To Make Mistakes (That Will Haunt Your Political Career Forever) Ilana Ross 2010
brainstem commented on the word vogue
I like this one: "There's something about this sexy beast that perfectly expresses the lesbian soul. Who better to appreciate one outrageous ride that lets you adventure all day and vogue all night, with barely a car wash in between?"
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Sexy+beast:+getting+to+know+the+two+sides+of+the+tough-as-nails,...-a0126164419
February 12, 2010
jwjarvis commented on the word vogue
The members who used these services anticipated by several decades the active patient now very much in vogue.
September 14, 2010