Meaning & use
drama costumes
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Meanings
nounplural
Clothes worn by actors when they perform a play or show.
Grammar: Always plural in this phrase; use a plural verb: 'The drama costumes are ready.' For one item, say 'a drama costume'.
Patterns
- wear drama costumes
- make drama costumes
- rent drama costumes
The school keeps all its drama costumes in a large box backstage.
She spent the weekend sewing drama costumes for the class play.
The drama costumes were too small for the older students.
noununcountable
The activity or department of making and looking after clothes for theatrical productions.
Grammar: Used as a subject or field of work; takes a singular verb: 'Drama costumes is her main job.'
Patterns
- work in drama costumes
- a drama costumes department
He works in drama costumes at the city theater.
Drama costumes takes up most of the storage room.
Common combinations
- wear drama costumes
- The children love to wear drama costumes during the festival.
- make drama costumes
- Our teacher taught us how to make drama costumes from old sheets.
- rent drama costumes
- It is cheaper to rent drama costumes than to buy them.
- a box of drama costumes
- They found a box of drama costumes in the attic.
Synonyms and how they differ
- stage costumes
- Very similar, but 'stage costumes' often suggests professional theater, while 'drama costumes' is common in schools.
- theatrical costumes
- More formal and broader; it can include opera and dance, not just drama.
Word family
- costume noun
- A set of clothes worn to look like someone or something else.
- costumed adjective
- Wearing a costume: 'the costumed actors'.
Commonly confused: drama costumes or customs?
drama costumes vs customs
Sounds similar but means taxes on imports or the office that checks goods at a border.
Practice
Choose the correct sentence.
Choose one answer.
'Drama costumes' is plural, so it takes 'are'. Option 0 uses a singular verb with a plural noun; option 2 mixes a singular noun with a plural verb; option 3 is a misspelling.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “drama costumes”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.