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style
verb(style)designate by an identifying term
Synonyms: title,
Examples:
They styled their nation `The Confederate States'.
style
noun(style)the popular taste at a given time
Examples:
The 1920s had a style of their own.
style
noun(style)how something is done or how it happens
Examples:
In the characteristic New York style.
style
noun(style)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
Synonyms: expressive style,
Examples:
All the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper.
style
noun(style)a particular kind (as to appearance)
Examples:
This style of shoe is in demand.
style
noun(style)a slender bristlelike or tubular process
Examples:
A cartilaginous style.
style
noun(style)(botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma
style
noun(style)editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
style
verb(style)make consistent with a certain fashion or style
Examples:
Style the dress.
style
verb(style)make consistent with certain rules of style
Examples:
Style a manuscript.