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vogue (vōg)

noun

  1. the accepted fashion or style at any particular time; mode: often with the
  2. general favor or acceptance; popularity coming into vogue

Etymology: Fr, a fashion, reputation, lit., rowing of a ship < voguer, to row, sail < MLowG wagon, to sail, float; akin to OE wæg, a wave, billow: see weigh

adjective

in vogue

vogue Synonyms

vogue

n.

fashion, style, mode, rage, trend, custom, practice, current practice, dernier cri (French); the thing*; see also fad.

in vague

stylish, current, á la mode; see fashionable, popular 1. See syn. study at fashion.

vogue Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • become: All too often the mundane clutter of today's cultural world becomes the vogue of tomorrow's art world.
  • enjoy: Georgia... is now enjoying a vogue that borders on trendiness, says the mighty Jeffrey Zeldman.
  • start: These not only paid the rent, but were also responsible for starting the vogue of boxing throughout the Latin Quarter.
  • have: It had a vogue in England in the forties.. .
  • follow: For a gentleman of his standing it was essential to follow the current vogue for ' improvement ' .
  • give: Given the vogue for assessing everything in sight, I believe it is time for the Association to re-examine our stance on this matter.

Preposition: at

  • moment: World War two seems to be the vogue at the moment with even more films currently in production or already on release.
  • present: But what does becoming an LLP actually mean and why is it in vogue at present?

Adjective modifier

  • current: There is a current vogue for Where's Wally?
  • great: The escape from pretense, the search for authenticity -- these are in great vogue in the world of today.
  • new: These are of course critical terms of opprobrium which only recently acquired a new meaning and a new vogue.
  • late: DSU will still be denounced as unrepresentative whilst forcing the latest vogue leftwing idea onto the students.. .
  • recent: The recent vogue for product centered cause related marketing initiatives is such a case in point.
  • brief: Spider Man is an African trickster god. ) There was a brief vogue for calling Batman " the Batman " .

Modifies a noun

  • today: That is in vogue today: the ' focus group ' mentality.
  • word: Naff had existed in working-class slang for at least 40 years by the time it became a vogue word in the later 1970s.

Preposition: in

  • century: It was in great vogue in the early centuries, and was translated and adapted into Armenian, Syriac, Coptic, and Arabic.

Preposition: among

  • newspaper: Also unimpressed by the free content vogue among newspapers is Martin Sorrell, chief executive of the advertising giant WPP.

Preposition: for

  • time: It was only in vogue for a short time.
  • thing: It will examine how popular travel accounts combined with classical and biblical scholarship to create a vogue for all things eastern in the arts.
vogue Quotes

It is charming to totter into vogue.

—Walpole, Horace, 4th Earl of Orford