-style
1 Americannoun
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a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character.
the baroque style; The style of the house was too austere for their liking.
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a particular, distinctive, or characteristic mode of action or manner of acting.
They do these things in a grand style.
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a mode of living, as with respect to expense or display.
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an elegant, fashionable, or luxurious mode of living.
to live in style.
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a mode of fashion, as in dress, especially good or approved fashion; elegance; smartness.
- Synonyms:
- chic
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the mode of expressing thought in writing or speaking by selecting and arranging words, considered with respect to clearness, effectiveness, euphony, or the like, that is characteristic of a group, period, person, personality, etc..
to write in the style of Faulkner; a familiar style; a pompous, pedantic style.
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those components or features of a literary composition that have to do with the form of expression rather than the content of the thought expressed.
His writing is all style and no substance.
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manner or tone adopted in discourse or conversation.
a patronizing style of addressing others.
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a particular, distinctive, or characteristic mode or form of construction or execution in any art or work.
Her painting is beginning to show a personal style.
- Synonyms:
- mark, characteristic, touch
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a descriptive or distinguishing appellation, especially a legal, official, or recognized title.
a firm trading under the style of Smith, Jones, & Co.
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the gnomon of a sundial.
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a method of reckoning time.
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Zoology. a small, pointed process or part.
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Botany. a narrow, usually cylindrical and more or less filiform extension of the pistil, which, when present, bears the stigma at its apex.
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the rules or customs of typography, punctuation, spelling, and related matters used by a newspaper, magazine, publishing house, etc., or in a specific publication.
verb (used with object)
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to call by a given title or appellation; denominate; name; call.
The pope is styled His or Your Holiness.
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to design or arrange in accordance with a given or new style.
to style an evening dress; to style one's hair.
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to bring into conformity with a specific style or give a specific style to.
Please style this manuscript.
verb (used without object)
idioms
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go out of style, to become unfashionable.
The jacket he's wearing went out of style ten years ago.
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in style, fashionable.
noun
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a form of appearance, design, or production; type or make
a new style of house
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the way in which something is done
good or bad style
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the manner in which something is expressed or performed, considered as separate from its intrinsic content, meaning, etc
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a distinctive, formal, or characteristic manner of expression in words, music, painting, etc
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elegance or refinement of manners, dress, etc
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prevailing fashion in dress, looks, etc
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a fashionable or ostentatious mode of existence
to live in style
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the particular mode of orthography, punctuation, design, etc, followed in a book, journal, etc, or in a printing or publishing house
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the distinguishing title or form of address of a person or firm
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botany the stalk of a carpel, bearing the stigma
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zoology a slender pointed structure, such as the piercing mouthparts of certain insects
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a method of expressing or calculating dates See Old Style New Style
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another word for stylus
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the arm of a sundial
verb
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to design, shape, or tailor
to style hair
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to adapt or make suitable (for)
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to make consistent or correct according to a printing or publishing style
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to name or call; designate
to style a man a fool
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(intr) to decorate objects using a style or stylus
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The slender part of a flower pistil, connecting the ovary and the stigma. The pollen tube grows through the style delivering the pollen nuclei to the ovary.
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See more at flower pollination
Related Words
See fashion.
Other Word Forms
- antistyle noun
- counterstyle noun
- misstyle verb
- restyle verb
- stylar adjective
- styleless adjective
- stylelessness noun
- stylelike adjective
- styler noun
- unstyled adjective
- well-styled adjective
Etymology
Origin of -style1
< Greek stŷlos column or -stȳlos -columned, adj. derivative of stŷlos
Origin of style1
First recorded in 1350–1400; (noun) Middle English, from Latin stylus, spelling variant, mistakenly associated with Greek stŷlos “pillar, column,” of stilus “tool for writing,” hence, “written composition, style”; stylus; (verb) from the noun, first recorded in 1560–80
Example Sentences
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Villa have not won a major trophy since lifting the League Cup in 1996 but, sitting third in both the Premier League and Europa League, their drought could come to an end in spectacular style.
From BBC
There was always suspicion, even derision, in this country of England's style of play, despite a 2-2 draw in the UK two years ago.
From BBC
Their demise in just 11 days is the joint second quickest in more than a century since the 1921 series was completed in eight days, with their "Bazball" style of ultra-attacking cricket exposed.
From Barron's
It was also the age of flamboyant glam rock - Brits were going crazy for eye-catching style.
From BBC
There’s a digital jukebox where visitors can call up any of dozens of hit records produced in the area, but over the opening weekend of the exhibit, the most potent way to grasp what the Muscle Shoals sound implies may have been hearing the honored songwriting duo of Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham performing their song “I’m Your Puppet” and Penn and Moman’s “Dark End of the Street,” live, in the style of their demo records.
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