vogue

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noun

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a
: popular acceptation or favor : popularity
b
: a period of popularity
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: one that is in fashion at a particular time
3
archaic : the leading place in popularity or acceptance
vogue adjective

vogue

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verb

vogued; voguing or vogueing

intransitive verb

: to strike poses in campy imitation of fashion models especially as a kind of dance
voguer noun
Choose the Right Synonym for vogue

fashion, style, mode, vogue, fad, rage, craze mean the usage accepted by those who want to be up-to-date.

fashion is the most general term and applies to any way of dressing, behaving, writing, or performing that is favored at any one time or place.

the current fashion

style often implies a distinctive fashion adopted by people of taste.

a media baron used to traveling in style

mode suggests the fashion of the moment among those anxious to appear elegant and sophisticated.

slim bodies are the mode at this resort

vogue stresses the wide acceptance of a fashion.

short skirts are back in vogue

fad suggests caprice in taking up or in dropping a fashion.

last year's fad is over

rage and craze stress intense enthusiasm in adopting a fad.

Cajun food was the rage nearly everywhere for a time
crossword puzzles once seemed just a passing craze but have lasted

Examples of vogue in a Sentence

Noun the new vogue for scarves His art seems to be enjoying a vogue these days. When did Thai food come into vogue? That style went out of vogue years ago.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
This is a much different methodology than the growth stock approach now in vogue. John Navin, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 The last time the American economy was posting surprising economic growth numbers amid rapid wage gains and moderating inflation, Ace of Base and All-4-One topped the Billboard charts and denim overalls were in vogue. Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024 These late starts appear to be in vogue for Madonna. David K. Li, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2024 For instance, Jigsaw’s in-person dating events attracted 20000 attendees across 28 states in the last year, indicating that the serendipitous slow-burn of offline, in-person dating is back in vogue. Mark Travers, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024 This type of design has fallen out of fashion but was in vogue when the original came out and still works well in practice. PCMAG, 6 Feb. 2024 According to the application, Hoffman’s building designs also incorporate the synergistic thinking of Buckminster Fuller, an architect and theorist who was in vogue with the 1960s counterculture. Richard Halstead, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2024 Green new deals are in vogue among many liberal and left formations around the world, and tend to be built of similar stuff: money for climate tech and jobs in new energy, solar panels, wind turbines, public transit, and electric cars and school buses. E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2024 In Europe, where living spaces are generally smaller, the look and functionality of this style of walnut furniture has remained in vogue for decades. Vicki Payne, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
Verb
Together, the pair did light choreography before turning their attention to the performers voguing in front of them — including Madonna's daughter Estere, who even got a hug from Garner. EW.com, 15 Dec. 2023 The music icon’s latest concert documentary vogued to the top of the weekend box office with $21 million — the biggest opening for a film on this historically sleepy first weekend in December in 20 years. Kyle Denis, Billboard, 4 Dec. 2023 One of his friends, Otis Pena, filmed the night out for a Facebook Live post. Sibley, a professional dancer, was voguing to a Beyoncé song and became the target of a vicious attack. Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023 Though ballroom is known internationally for cultivating voguing, it’s inextricably linked with fashion as well as dance. Mikelle Street, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2023 Throughout the city, protesters have danced and vogued, sometimes through tears, in an homage to the professional dancer who was allegedly fatally stabbed by a teen on July 29 while voguing at a Brooklyn gas station. Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2023 Nevaeh Autumn’s TikTok videos, showcasing herself and her friends voguing (often to Prodigy’s sounds), have become a viral phenomenon—bringing light to the Ballroom community’s impact on the youth. Kenyatta Victoria, Essence, 7 Sep. 2023 Taking the dance craze out of New York's gay underground and on the road, the singer vogued her way around the world on her 1990 Blond Ambition tour in her iconic Jean Paul Gaultier cone bra. Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023 Jewel said the fact that his friend was killed while voguing to Beyoncé makes his death even more painful. Chandelis Duster, CNN, 8 Aug. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle French, action of rowing, course, fashion, from voguer to sail, from Old French, from Old Italian vogare to row

Verb

from Vogue, a fashion magazine

First Known Use

Noun

1571, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Verb

1989, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of vogue was in 1571

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“Vogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vogue. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

vogue

noun
ˈvōg
1
: the quality or state of being popular
2
: a period in which something is popular or in fashion
3
: something in fashion at a particular time
vogue adjective

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