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UK
/stˈaɪl/
]
[ US /ˈstaɪɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈstaɪɫ/ ]
NOUN
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the popular taste at a given time
the 1920s had a style of their own
he followed current trends
leather is the latest vogue - (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma
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distinctive and stylish elegance
he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer -
a particular kind (as to appearance)
this style of shoe is in demand -
a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper - editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
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a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus -
how something is done or how it happens
in the characteristic New York style
their nomadic mode of existence
a lonely way of life
her dignified manner
in an abrasive fashion
his rapid manner of talking -
a slender bristlelike or tubular process
a cartilaginous style
VERB
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designate by an identifying term
They styled their nation `The Confederate States' -
make consistent with certain rules of style
style a manuscript -
make consistent with a certain fashion or style
style the dress
Style my hair
How To Use style In A Sentence
- In my view his confrontational, gladiatorial style has been a major contributor to the widespread disdain of the British public for politicians generally. Times, Sunday Times
- The hat, I think the style was called fedora, had a dark band and a dint in the top, which my father would sometimes correct with a chopping action of his right hand.
- The model nature of Windsor involved imitation, as of the Tudor style, to make a statement with a lot of leisure about it.
- It sounds like a lot of hassle, a real triumph of so-called style over substance.
- Naturally, this makes interpersonal relations, especially with societies unexposed to the advantages of the American lifestyle, a little difficult.
- Try to improve your lifestyle a bit at a time.
- Hazel wore a medieval-styled dress with a gold-braced bodice, gold chiffon sleeves and a gold train.
- A lot of people loved the big Kawasaki's marriage of retro style with 1990s handling and reliability.
- Though her color palette has brightened over the years and animal heads have shrunk a bit from cartoonish proportions of earlier years, her distinctive style soft paintings she calls "cutes" and her choice of subject NYT > Home Page
- Another friend notes a shift in the type of gifts given at wedding showers, a reversion to 1950s-style offerings: soup ladles and frilly aprons are being unwrapped along with see-through nighties and push-up bras.
