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style

  [stahyl] ,noun, verb styled, styl⋅ing.
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–noun
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.
–verb (used with object)
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.
–verb (used without object)
20. to do decorative work with a style or stylus.
—Idioms
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.
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-style

1 
a combining form of style (defs. 14, 15): blastostyle.
Compare stylo- 1 .

-style

2 
a combining form with the meanings “column,” “columned,” “having columns (of the kind specified)” used in the formation of compound words: orthostyle; urostyle.
Compare stylo- 2 .

Origin:
< Gk stŷlos column or -stȳlos -columned, adj. deriv. of stŷlos

sty⋅lus

  [stahy-luhs]
–noun, plural -li  [-lahy] , -lus⋅es.
1. an instrument of metal, bone, or the like, used by the ancients for writing on waxed tablets, having one end pointed for incising the letters and the other end blunt for rubbing out writing and smoothing the tablet.
2. any of various pointed, pen-shaped instruments used in drawing, artwork, etc.
3. Computers. a pen-shaped device used on a display screen to input commands or handwritten text or drawings.
4. Audio.
a. Also called cutting stylus. a needle used for cutting grooves in making a disk recording to be played on a phonograph.
b. a needle for reproducing the sounds of a phonograph record.
5. any of various pointed wedges used to punch holes in paper or other material, as in writing Braille.
6. any of various kinds of pens for tracing a line automatically, as on a recording seismograph or electrocardiograph.
Also, style (for defs. 1, 2).

Origin:
1720–30; < L: sp. var. of stilus stake, pointed writing instrument; sp. with -y- from fancied derivation < Gk stŷlos column
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style   (stīl)   
n.  

  1. The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed: a style of speech and writing.

  2. The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era.

  3. Sort; type: a style of furniture.

  4. A quality of imagination and individuality expressed in one's actions and tastes: does things with style.

    1. A comfortable and elegant mode of existence: living in style.

    2. A mode of living: the style of the very rich.

    3. The fashion of the moment, especially of dress; vogue.

    4. A particular fashion: the style of the 1920s. See Synonyms at fashion.

    5. An implement used for etching or engraving.

    6. A slender pointed writing instrument used by the ancients on wax tablets.

    1. The fashion of the moment, especially of dress; vogue.

    2. A particular fashion: the style of the 1920s. See Synonyms at fashion.

    3. An implement used for etching or engraving.

    4. A slender pointed writing instrument used by the ancients on wax tablets.

  7. A customary manner of presenting printed material, including usage, punctuation, spelling, typography, and arrangement.

  8. A form of address; a title.

    1. An implement used for etching or engraving.

    2. A slender pointed writing instrument used by the ancients on wax tablets.

  10. The needle of a phonograph.

  11. The gnomon of a sundial.

  12. Botany The usually slender part of a pistil, situated between the ovary and the stigma.

  13. Zoology A slender, tubular, or bristlelike process: a cartilaginous style.

  14. Medicine A surgical probing instrument; a stylet.

  15. Obsolete A pen.

tr.v.   styled, styl·ing, styles

  1. To call or name; designate: George VI styled his brother Duke of Windsor.

  2. To make consistent with rules of style: style a manuscript.

  3. To give style to: style hair.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin stylus, stilus, spike, pointed instrument used for writing, style; see stylus.]
styl'er n., styl'ing n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
style

  1. in.
    to show off; to strut around. (Black. See also strut (one's) stuff.) : Why don't you style over here and meet my man?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

style  (n.)
c.1300, stile, "designation, title, manner or mode of expression," from O.Fr. estile "a stake, pale," from L. stilus "stake, instrument for writing, manner of writing, mode of expression," from PIE *sti-lo-, from base *sti- "point, prick, pierce" (see stick (v.)). Spelling modified by influence of Gk. stylos "pillar." Meaning "mode or fashion of life" is from 1770; that of "mode of dress" is from 1814. Stylish is first recorded 1797 in "Sense and Sensibility" (the adj. good is understood); and stylize is 1898, from Ger. stilisieren.

stylus 
1728, "stem-like part of a flower pistil," alteration of L. stilus "stake, stylus;" spelling influenced by Gk. stylos "pillar" (see stet). Meaning "instrument for writing" is from 1807.

style  (v.)
1563, "to give a name to," from style (n.). Meaning "to arrange in fashionable style" (esp. of hair) is attested from 1934. Slang sense of "act or play in a showy way" is 1970s, originally black slang.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

Style

The investment approach an investment manager takes to reach his/her objectives.

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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sty·lus
Variant: also sti·lus /'stI-l&s/
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural sty·li /'stI(&)l-"I/ also sty·lus·es /'stI-l&-s&z/ or sti·li or sti·lus·es
: aninstrument for writing, marking, or incising: as a : a hard-pointed instrument for punching the dots in writing braille with a braille slate b : a device that traces arecording (as of an electrocardiograph) on paper
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

stylus sty·lus (stī'ləs)
n. pl. sty·lus·es or sty·li (-lī)

  1. A pencil-shaped structure.

  2. A pencil-shaped medicinal preparation for external application; as a medicated bougie.

  3. See stylet.

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Computing Dictionary

style World-Wide Web
The visual presentation or formatting of web content, chiefly either HTML content with style controlled by Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) or XML content controlled by XSL. Style is distinguished from meaning, which is encoded with semantic markup. The latter deals with logical divisions of content such as headings, lists and paragraphs.
(2008-02-25)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Idioms & Phrases

style

see cramp someone's style; go out (of style); in fashion (style).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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