style (staɪl
)
Definitions
noun
- 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
- a method of expressing or calculating dates See Old Style , New Style
- another word for stylus (sense 1)
- the arm of a sundial
verb (mainly tr)
- 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
Alternative Forms
ˈstylar adjective ˈstyler nounWord Origin
C13: from Latin stylus, stilus writing implement, hence characteristics of the writing, styleSynonyms
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elegance,
taste,
chic,
flair,
polish,
grace,
dash,
sophistication,
refinement,
panache,
flamboyance,
élan,
éclat,
cosmopolitanism,
savoir-faire,
smartness,
urbanity,
stylishness,
bon ton,
fashionableness,
dressiness,
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type,
sort,
kind,
spirit,
pattern,
variety,
appearance,
tone,
strain,
category,
characteristic,
genre,
tenor,
= mode of expression
phrasing,
turn of phrase,
wording,
treatment,
expression,
vein,
diction,
phraseology,
Translations
- British English:
style
The style of something is the general way it is done or presented.His writing style is clear and straightforward.staɪl NOUN His writing style is clear and straightforward.
- Spanish:
estilo
nm
- French:
style
nm
- German:
Stil
nm
- Chinese: 风格 n
- Arabic: أُسْلُوب n
- Portuguese: estilo nm
- Russian: стиль nm
- Croatian: stil nm
- Czech: styl nm
- Danish: stil nutr
- Dutch: stijl nm
- Finnish: tyyli n
- Greek: στυλ nnt
- Italian: stile nm
- Japanese: スタイル n
- Korean: 스타일 n
- Norwegian: stil nm
- Polish: styl nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: estilo nm
- European Spanish:
estilo
nm
- Swedish: stil nutr
- Thai: ความมีรสนิยม การออกแบบ n
- Turkish: stil n
- Vietnamese: kiểu n
Usage examples
Inside, it had been refurbished in the `country pub ' style of the big breweries.
, KICK BACK (2002)Login Advertisment FOR SALE: SON VIDA Son Vida Price on Application Magnificent new build, minimalist style villa.
Country Life (2004)The US government scarcely disguised its glee, blaming Mr Chavez's confrontational style for his downfall.
Irish Times (2002)IN 1937 White Lodge House was built in the international style in the heart of Bearsden.
Glasgow Herald (2001)In England, De Niro shied at the probing style of TV interviewers like Michael Parkinson.
, DE NIRO: A Biography (2002)