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style 
Audio Help [stahyl] Pronunciation Key, noun, verb styled, styl·ing.
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Audio Help [stahyl] Pronunciation Key, noun, verb styled, styl·ing. –noun
–verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
—Idioms
| 1. | 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. |
| 2. | a particular, distinctive, or characteristic mode of action or manner of acting: They do these things in a grand style. |
| 3. | a mode of living, as with respect to expense or display. |
| 4. | an elegant, fashionable, or luxurious mode of living: to live in style. |
| 5. | a mode of fashion, as in dress, esp. good or approved fashion; elegance; smartness. |
| 6. | 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. |
| 7. | 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. |
| 8. | manner or tone adopted in discourse or conversation: a patronizing style of addressing others. |
| 9. | 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. |
| 10. | a descriptive or distinguishing appellation, esp. a legal, official, or recognized title: a firm trading under the style of Smith, Jones, & Co. |
| 11. | stylus (defs. 1, 2). |
| 12. | the gnomon of a sundial. |
| 13. | a method of reckoning time. Compare New Style, old style (def. 2). |
| 14. | Zoology. a small, pointed process or part. |
| 15. | Botany. a narrow, usually cylindrical and more or less filiform extension of the pistil, which, when present, bears the stigma at its apex. |
| 16. | the rules or customs of typography, punctuation, spelling, and related matters used by a newspaper, magazine, publishing house, etc., or in a specific publication. |
| 17. | to call by a given title or appellation; denominate; name; call: The pope is styled His or Your Holiness. |
| 18. | to design or arrange in accordance with a given or new style: to style an evening dress; to style one's hair. |
| 19. | to bring into conformity with a specific style or give a specific style to: Please style this manuscript. |
| 20. | to do decorative work with a style or stylus. |
| 21. | go out of style, to become unfashionable: The jacket he's wearing went out of style ten years ago. |
| 22. | in style, fashionable. |
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME (n.) < L stylus, sp. var. of stilus tool for writing, hence, written composition, style; see stylus]
] —Related forms
styleless, adjective
style·less·ness, noun
stylelike, adjective
—Synonyms 2. method, approach. 5. chic. See fashion. 9. touch, characteristic, mark. 22. designate, address.
| Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
in style
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| in style | |
adjective | |
| in the current fashion or style [syn: latest] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
in style
in a luxurious, elegant way without worrying about the expense
Example: The bride arrived at the church in style, in a horse-drawn carriage.
See also: stylish, stylist, style, "in style" in any languageExample: The bride arrived at the church in style, in a horse-drawn carriage.
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