fashion; popularity
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Vogue Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(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.
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.)
Influence; power; sway.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutInfluence; power; sway.
vogue
\vogue\ (?), n. [f. vogue a rowing, vogue, fashion, it. voga, fr. vogare to row, to sail; probably fr. ohg. wag&?;n to move, akin to e. way. cf. way.]
1. 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. one vogue, one vein, one air of thoughts usurps my brain. erbert. whatsoever its vogue may be, i still flatter myself that the parents of the growing generation will be satisfied with what &?;&?; to be taught to their children in westminster, in eton, or in winchester. use may revive the obsoletest words, and banish those that now are most in vogue.
2. influence; power; sway. [obs.]
vogue
n
1. the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own" [syn: trend, style]
2. a current state of general acceptance and use [syn: currency]
similar words(1)
in vogue
The prevalent way or fashion
1. The prevailing fashion, practice, or style:
Hoop skirts were once the vogue.
2. Popular acceptance or favor; popularity:
a party game no longer in vogue.
EG:Mentoring is all about people -- it's about caring, about relationships and sensitivity. As it becomes increasingly in vogue it is becoming too formulated -- concerned with performance metrics, critical success factors, investment and spending. It'll be a disaster.(R.CARAYOL)
Hoop skirts were once the vogue.
2. Popular acceptance or favor; popularity:
a party game no longer in vogue.
EG:Mentoring is all about people -- it's about caring, about relationships and sensitivity. As it becomes increasingly in vogue it is becoming too formulated -- concerned with performance metrics, critical success factors, investment and spending. It'll be a disaster.(R.CARAYOL)
Noun
1. the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own"
(synonym) trend, style
(hypernym) taste, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness
(hyponym) New Look
2. a current state of general acceptance and use
(synonym) currency
(hypernym) acceptance
Vogue Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
As a noun, "vogue" suggests transient fashionability, hence phrases such as "vogue word."
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Vogüé is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France.
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