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Collocations for costume - noun

ADJECTIVE

full
For the dress rehearsal, the cast will be in full costume.
colourful/colorful, elaborate, lavish
outlandish, outrageous, ridiculous
folk (esp. AmE), national, traditional
dance (esp. AmE)
period
Many locals dressed in period costume for the celebrations.
Halloween (esp. AmE)
I have a great idea for my Halloween costume.
eighteenth-century, Victorian, etc.
bunny, clown, fairy, etc.
bathing (old-fashioned), swimming (both BrE)

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VERB + costume

be dressed in, dress in, have on, wear
He had a cowboy costume on.
don, put on
For Halloween he donned a superhero costume.
create, design, make, sew
He designed the costumes for a production of ‘The Firebird’.

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costume + NOUN

design
designer
drama
The movie is a costume drama based on a 19th-century novel.
change
The main character had five costume changes.
ball, party (both esp. AmE)
They celebrated New Year's Eve with a costume party.
jewellery/jewelry

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PREPOSITION

in costume
The battle was re-enacted by actors in period costume.

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