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Meaning of dress-up | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

A child's game of putting on different clothes and pretending to be different people.

informal, uncountable

Equivalents

日本語 扮 着せ替え

Examples

“One day, I happened to catch⟳ a glimpse of my daughter Annie, age three, playing dress-up with her pals at the family day care program⟳ she attends twice a week. Each child had a hat on his or her head and was pretending to be a circus clown.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

dress-up game dress-up party dressability dressage dresscoat Dressed

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