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ALL meanings of style

style
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  • noun 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. 1
  • noun style a particular, distinctive, or characteristic mode of action or manner of acting: They do these things in a grand style. 1
  • noun style a mode of living, as with respect to expense or display. 1
  • noun style an elegant, fashionable, or luxurious mode of living: to live in style. 1
  • noun style a mode of fashion, as in dress, especially good or approved fashion; elegance; smartness. 1
  • noun style 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. 1
  • noun 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. 1
  • noun style manner or tone adopted in discourse or conversation: a patronizing style of addressing others. 1
  • noun style 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. 1
  • noun style a descriptive or distinguishing appellation, especially a legal, official, or recognized title: a firm trading under the style of Smith, Jones, & Co. 1
  • noun style stylus (defs 1, 2). 1
  • noun style the gnomon of a sundial. 1
  • noun style manner 1
  • noun style a method of reckoning time. Compare New Style, old style (def 2). 1
  • noun style artistic features 1
  • noun style Zoology. a small, pointed process or part. 1
  • noun style vogue 1
  • noun style Botany. a narrow, usually cylindrical and more or less filiform extension of the pistil, which, when present, bears the stigma at its apex. 1
  • noun style elegance 1
  • noun style the rules or customs of typography, punctuation, spelling, and related matters used by a newspaper, magazine, publishing house, etc., or in a specific publication. 1
  • transitive verb style hair 1
  • verb with object style to call by a given title or appellation; denominate; name; call: The pope is styled His or Your Holiness. 1
  • noun style clothing design 1
  • verb with object style to design or arrange in accordance with a given or new style: to style an evening dress; to style one's hair. 1
  • noun style type 1
  • verb with object style to bring into conformity with a specific style or give a specific style to: Please style this manuscript. 1
  • noun style luxury 1
  • verb without object style to do decorative work with a style or stylus. 1
  • noun style literary features 1
  • idioms style go out of style, to become unfashionable: The jacket he's wearing went out of style ten years ago. 1
  • noun style trade name 1
  • idioms style in style, fashionable. 1
  • noun style of a plant 1
  • intransitive verb style make decorative work 1
  • transitive verb style design 1
  • transitive verb style name, designate 1
  • countable noun style The style of something is the general way in which it is done or presented, which often shows the attitudes of the people involved. 0
  • uncountable noun style If people or places have style, they are smart and elegant. 0
  • variable noun style The style of a product is its design. 0
  • countable noun style In the arts, a particular style is characteristic of a particular period or group of people. 0
  • verb style If something such as a piece of clothing, a vehicle, or someone's hair is styled in a particular way, it is designed or shaped in that way. 0
  • noun style a form of appearance, design, or production; type or make 0
  • noun style the way in which something is done 0
  • noun style the manner in which something is expressed or performed, considered as separate from its intrinsic content, meaning, etc 0
  • noun style a distinctive, formal, or characteristic manner of expression in words, music, painting, etc 0
  • noun style elegance or refinement of manners, dress, etc 0
  • noun style prevailing fashion in dress, looks, etc 0
  • noun style a fashionable or ostentatious mode of existence 0
  • noun style the particular mode of orthography, punctuation, design, etc, followed in a book, journal, etc, or in a printing or publishing house 0
  • noun style the distinguishing title or form of address of a person or firm 0
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