Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The prevailing fashion, practice, or style: Hoop skirts were once the vogue.
- n. Popular acceptance or favor; popularity: a party game no longer in vogue. See Synonyms at fashion.
- v. To dance by striking a series of rigid, stylized poses, evocative of fashion models during photograph shoots.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. 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.
- n. General drift of ideas; rumor; report.
Wiktionary
- n. the prevailing fashion or style
- n. popularity or a current craze
- n. A highly stylized modern dance that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene in the 1960s.
- v. intransitive To dance in the vogue dance style.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. 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 . - n. obsolete Influence; power; sway.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a current state of general acceptance and use
- n. the popular taste at a given time
Etymologies
- (1565) From Middle French vogue ("wave, course of success"), from voguer ("to row, sway, set sail"). (Wiktionary)
- French, from Old French, probably from voguer, to sail, row, of Germanic origin; see wegh- in Indo-European roots. V., after the fashion magazine Vogue. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“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.”
“· Ebooks and digital publishing discussions were not as in vogue as at BEA.”
“Vampires have had times of being in vogue before, but nothing like they are now.”
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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.”
The Huffington Post: Robert Teitelman: On the nostalgia for manufacturing
“Of late, it's been very much in vogue to beat up on the young.”
“With BioShock, most of us had never read Ayn Rand before, but it was suddenly in vogue to pretend we had.”
“On the other hand, when funds are in vogue and investors are bullish, their shares often rise above the net asset value.”
“It's much more in vogue on Long Island, so I'm curious to hear from other winegrowers about its viability and challenges.”
“Has the world changed enough that these manual, tactile things are not in vogue so much?”
“It was in vogue for a while to declare that traditional advertising was dead.”
The Huffington Post: Kirk Cheyfitz: Advertising's Future Is 3 Simple Words: Paid. Owned. Earned.
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘vogue’.
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GRE 2014
abate, abdicate, abase, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abjure, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abridge and 1577 more...
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Impressionism
Words that describe the art of the impressionist era.
seascapes, landscapes, modern, impression, impressionist, contemporary, flicker, sensation, modernity, perceived, perceiving, momentary and 142 more...
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GRE Barron's 800
zealot, wistful, welter, wary, whimsical, warranted, vortex, vivisection, volatile, vitiate, viscous, visage and 787 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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Sophaloaf's list
Favorites!
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EN - trendy lifestyle words
private, tenacious, vogue, hoard, landscape, extravaganza, besiege, eatery, wrest, refurbish, enticing, breakout and 24 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6689 more...
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gre2
aberrant, aberration, aboveboard, abrasive, abstemious, acme, admonish, affable, affluent, alacrity, allegory, alleviate and 1824 more...
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English with Tongue
French words and phrases used by English speakers.
objet d'art, nom de plume, petite, bon voyage, avant-garde, faux pas, faux, touché, répondez, s'il vo..., rouge, papier mâché, joie de vivre and 85 more...
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Twitter faves
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
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gonk, nerking, guap, gimp, fabulous, dabble, fabilicious, tragic, zooted, hey, cheekini, nugget and 457 more... -
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dharma66's list
words that pique my interest either by meaning, pronunciation, or spelling, and words that otherwise tickle my fancy!!
pique, elusive, serendipity, nefarious, redundant, pseudoscientific, obsequious, flack, quandary, impervious, perchance, translucent and 168 more...
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generationnext's Words
petulant, vehement, pensive, lascivious, vacillate, histrionic, satiated, svelte, lithe, zeitgeist, viscous, sommelier and 526 more...
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kalidas's Words
crepuscular, mellifluous, ephemeral, diaphanous, zeitgeist, geisterfahrer, infinite, eternal, idyllic, azure, reminiscent, oblivion and 521 more...
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serendipity, fragrance, glamour, smitten, nourish, lavish, luxury, wicked, gem, daring, soothe, fantasy and 192 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for vogue.
jwjarvis The members who used these services anticipated by several decades the active patient now very much in vogue. Sep 14, 2010
brainstem 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 Feb 12, 2010