Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective requiring formal evening clothes, usually interpreted as a white bow tie and a tailcoat for men, and a formal evening dress for women; -- . Contrasting with
black-tie andinformal .
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- adjective Very
formal ; usually requiring atailcoat for men.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun bow tie worn as part of a man's formal evening dress
- noun formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men
- adjective requiring white ties and tailcoats for men
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Examples
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Monday's debut kicks off a week of black-tie, white-tie and informal events all geared toward raising money for and drawing attention to the memorial and Sunday's dedication.
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Since Grover Cleveland, every POTUS has sat down to at least one white-tie gathering with the Gridiron, an exclusive cadre of D.C. journalists.
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The widow of Robert Abplanalp, inventor of the aerosol valve and close friend and adviser to former president Richard Nixon, Mrs. Abplanalp will take her seat on Tuesday at table three, where her family has sat for a few decades at this annual white-tie fund-raiser.
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Monday's debut kicks off a week of black-tie, white-tie and informal events all geared toward raising money for and drawing attention to the memorial and Sunday's dedication.
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"Alas, the top hat is formal…not to be worn with anything but white-tie tails," he said.
Time to Top Up? Steve Garbarino 2011
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They escorted her to the annual Master of Foxhounds Ball in New York, the white-tie dances for hunt clubs.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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The typically stiff white-tie crowd erupted in cheers when wheelchair-bound Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer, partially paralyzed by a stroke two decades ago, received the Nobel Prize in literature.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee, Tawakkul Karman Receive 2011 Nobel Peace Prize 2011
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The shop recently supplied the black- and white-tie shirts for Hugh Bonneville's character Robert, Earl of Grantham, in the television series "Downton Abbey."
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They escorted her to the annual Master of Foxhounds Ball in New York, the white-tie dances for hunt clubs.
Wild Bill Donovan Douglas Waller 2011
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Since Grover Cleveland, every POTUS has sat down to at least one white-tie gathering with the Gridiron, an exclusive cadre of D.C. journalists.
President Obama to attend his first Gridiron Dinner since his election 2011
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