style
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.
a particular, distinctive, or characteristic mode of action or manner of acting: They do these things in a grand style.
a mode of living, as with respect to expense or display.
an elegant, fashionable, or luxurious mode of living: to live in style.
a mode of fashion, as in dress, especially good or approved fashion; elegance; smartness.
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.
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.
manner or tone adopted in discourse or conversation: a patronizing style of addressing others.
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.
a descriptive or distinguishing appellation, especially a legal, official, or recognized title: a firm trading under the style of Smith, Jones, & Co.
the gnomon of a sundial.
a method of reckoning time.: Compare New Style, old style (def. 2).
Zoology. a small, pointed process or part.
Botany. a narrow, usually cylindrical and more or less filiform extension of the pistil, which, when present, bears the stigma at its apex.
the rules or customs of typography, punctuation, spelling, and related matters used by a newspaper, magazine, publishing house, etc., or in a specific publication.
to call by a given title or appellation; denominate; name; call: The pope is styled His or Your Holiness.
to design or arrange in accordance with a given or new style: to style an evening dress; to style one's hair.
to bring into conformity with a specific style or give a specific style to: Please style this manuscript.
to do decorative work with a style or stylus.
Idioms about style
go out of style, to become unfashionable: The jacket he's wearing went out of style ten years ago.
in style, fashionable.
Origin of style
1synonym study For style
Other words for style
Other words from style
- styleless, adjective
- style·less·ness, noun
- stylelike, adjective
- an·ti·style, noun
- coun·ter·style, noun
- mis·style, verb, mis·styled, mis·styl·ing.
- re·style, verb, re·styled, re·styl·ing.
- un·styled, adjective
- well-styled, adjective
Words that may be confused with style
- stile, style
Other definitions for -style (2 of 3)
a combining form of style (defs. 14, 15): blastostyle.
- Compare stylo-1.
Other definitions for -style (3 of 3)
a combining form with the meanings “column,” “columned,” “having columns (of the kind specified)” used in the formation of compound words: orthostyle; urostyle.
Origin of -style
3- Compare stylo-2.
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How to use style in a sentence
Industry experts claim an increase in awareness amongst men when it comes to styles, design, and price regarding their underwear.
Would You Pay $100 For a 50 Cent Bulge? Men’s Undies Get Expensive | James Joiner | December 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI listened to more than 900 new releases during 2014—all styles, all genres.
How have hair and makeup styles for women evolved over the last century?
100 Years of Beauty Styles in 1 Minute | Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video | December 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe history of the Styles section of the New York ‘Times’—and the real New Journalism.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Nov 10-16, 2014 | William Boot | November 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe existence of the images—which resemble the styles and themes found in European cave art—has been known for some time.
In the parish churches, many of which are of great interest, the predominant styles are Decorated and Perpendicular.
The orthography of the printed original of the Relation Dernire is an interesting mixture of old and new styles.
Both styles and variations of them circulate widely in New Zealand among children and adolescents.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents | Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al."I will repeat Charley's ideas of what he styles, his 'personal pulchritude,'" responded Carry.
Alone | Marion HarlandThis comparison of three different styles, on the same spot, gave me much satisfaction.
British Dictionary definitions for style
/ (staɪl) /
a form of appearance, design, or production; type or make: a new style of house
the way in which something is done: good or bad style
the manner in which something is expressed or performed, considered as separate from its intrinsic content, meaning, etc
a distinctive, formal, or characteristic manner of expression in words, music, painting, etc
elegance or refinement of manners, dress, etc
prevailing fashion in dress, looks, etc
a fashionable or ostentatious mode of existence: to live in style
the particular mode of orthography, punctuation, design, etc, followed in a book, journal, etc, or in a printing or publishing house
mainly British the distinguishing title or form of address of a person or firm
botany the stalk of a carpel, bearing the stigma
zoology a slender pointed structure, such as the piercing mouthparts of certain insects
another word for stylus (def. 1)
the arm of a sundial
to design, shape, or tailor: to style hair
to adapt or make suitable (for)
to make consistent or correct according to a printing or publishing style
to name or call; designate: to style a man a fool
(intr) to decorate objects using a style or stylus
Origin of style
1Derived forms of style
- stylar, adjective
- styler, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for style
[ stīl ]
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. See more at flower pollination.
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Other Idioms and Phrases with style
see cramp someone's style; go out (of style); in fashion (style).
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