dress-up

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dres uhp]
- /drɛs ʌp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dres uhp]
- /drɛs ʌp/

Definitions of dress-up word

adjective dress-up being an occasion, situation, etc., for which one must be somewhat formally well-dressed: the first dress-up dance of the season. 1
noun dress-up Informal.. Usually, dress-ups. a person's best clothes: Wear your dress-ups for the reception. accessories or other added features: a car with custom dress-ups. 1

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Origin of dress-up

First appearance:

before 1665

One of the 47% oldest English words

First recorded in 1665-75; noun, adj. use of verb phrase dress up

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Parts of speech for Dress-up

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Dress-up

dress-up popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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