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Style is a manner of doing or presenting things and may refer to:

• Architectural style, the features that make a building or structure historically identifiable
• Design, the process of creating something
• Fashion, a prevailing mode of clothing styles
• House style (disambiguation), standards for writing, graphic design or illustration
• Investment style, characteristics of an investment strategy
• Royal and noble styles, forms of address
• Style (form of address)
• Style (visual arts)
• Writing style, the manner in which a writer addresses readers
• Film style

Style or styles may also refer to:

Film and television[edit]

• Style (2001 film), a Hindi film starring Sharman Joshi, Riya Sen, Sahil Khan and Shilpi Mudgal
• Style (2002 film), a Tamil drama film
• Style (2004 film), a Burmese film
• Style (2006 film), a Telugu film starring Lawrence Raghavendra and Prabhu Deva Sundaram
• Style (2016 film), a Malayalam film
• Style (TV series), a 2009 Korean television series
• Style (DVD), a DVD featuring Girls Aloud
• Style Network, a now-defunct US TV channel which was rebranded as Esquire Network in 2013
• Style with Elsa Klensch, a CNN fashion series from 1980 to 2000

Literature[edit]

• Style (book), a 1955 book on good prose by F. L. Lucas
• Style (journal), an academic journal of style, stylistics, and poetics in literature
• Style (magazine), a South African women’s magazine published between the 1980s and 2006
• Style, a 1998 fashion book by Elsa Klensch
• Style: An Anti-Textbook, a 1974 monograph by Richard A. Lanham
• Style, an 1897 book by Sir Walter Raleigh
• Style: Toward Clarity and Grace, a 1990 writing guide by Joseph M. Williams

Music[edit]

• Style (Swedish band)

Albums[edit]

• Style (Cameo album) (1983)
• Style (Luna Sea album) (1996)
• Style (Namie Amuro album) (2003)
• Styles (Shapeshifter EP)
• Style, an album by Super Junior-D&E

Songs[edit]

• «Style (Get Glory in This Hand)», a 2005 single by High and Mighty Color
• «Style» (Kana Nishino song)
• «Style» (Mis-Teeq song) (2003)
• «Style» (Orbital song) (1999)
• «Style» (Taylor Swift song) (2015)
• «Style», a song by Prince from Emancipation
• «Style», a single by Rania
• «Style», a song from the film Robin and the 7 Hoods

Biology[edit]

• Style (botany), a stalk structure in female flower parts
• Style (zoology), a digestive structure in the midgut of many bivalve molluscs

People[edit]

Surname: Style[edit]

• Charles Style (born 1954), former Royal Navy officer
• Ghost Style, rapper and producer based in Hong Kong
• Henry Style (1826–1904), English first-class cricketer
• Style of Eye (born 1979), Swedish DJ, record producer, and songwriter
• Style Scott (1956–2014), Jamaican reggae drummer
• Thomas Style (disambiguation), several people
• William Style (1603–1679), English legal author

Surname: Styles[edit]

• A.J. Styles, ring name of American wrestler Allen Jones (born 1977)
• Alfred William Styles (1873–1926), British-born accountant, trade unionist and politician in South Australia
• Carey Wentworth Styles (1825–1897), American lawyer, journalist and newspaper editor
• Darren Styles, English DJ and record producer
• Dorothy Geneva Styles (1922–1984), American composer, mathematician, organist, and poet
• Edwin Styles (1899–1960), British stage comedian, pantomime actor, radio and TV performer and film actor
• George Styles (British Army officer) (1928–2006), British Army officer and bomb disposal expert
• George Styles (footballer) (1904–1984), Australian rules footballer
• Gordon George Styles (born 1964), British engineer and entrepreneur
• Harry Styles (born 1994), English singer, songwriter, and actor
• Hugh Styles (born 1974), British Olympic sailor
• James Styles (1841–1913), British-born contractor, civil engineer and politician in Victoria, Australia
• John Styles (1782–1849), English Congregational minister and animal rights writer
• Karintha Styles (born 1979), American sports journalist and author
• Kaye Styles, stage name of Belgian singer, songwriter and TV personality Kwasi Gyasi
• Keni Styles (born 1981), Thai-British soldier and pornographic actor
• Margretta Styles (1930–2005), American nurse, author, educator and nursing school dean
• Peter Styles (geologist) (born c. 1950), British geologist
• Peter Styles (politician) (born 1953), Australian politician
• Ray Styles (1988–2020), Ghanaian artist
• Showell Styles (1908–2005), British writer and mountaineer
• Stephanie Styles (born 1991), American actress, singer, and dancer
• Suzy Styles, Australian psychologist
• Toy Styles, American author, screenwriter and film producer
• Walter Styles (1889–1965), British soldier, Member of Parliament for Sevenoaks
• Wes Styles, stage name of American singer-songwriter Wesley Garren
• William Styles (1874–1940), British Olympic sport shooter
• Styles P, stage name of David Styles (born 1974), American rapper

Given name[edit]

• Styles Hutchins (1852–1950), American lawyer and legislator

Other uses[edit]

• Style (form of address), titles or honorifics, including Chinese courtesy names
• Style (sociolinguistics), variation in language use to which social meanings are attributed
• Stylistics (field of study), the interpretation of texts from a linguistic perspective
• Aeros Style, a Ukrainian paraglider
• Automotive styling
• Hairstyle, the styling of hair
• Neil Strauss or Style, author
• Style, the part of a sundial’s gnomon which casts the shadow
• Style, a traditional design feature of a typeface
• Styles Strait, Antarctica

See also[edit]

Wikiquote has quotations related to Style.

• Alternative lifestyles
• Format (disambiguation)
• Human physical appearance#Clothing, personal effects, and intentional body modifications
• Lifestyle (disambiguation)
• Stile (disambiguation)
• Stiles (disambiguation)
• Style guide
• Stylist (disambiguation)
• Stylus, a writing instrument

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• Disambiguation pages
• Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists
• Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STYLE

From Latin stylus, stilus writing implement, hence characteristics of the writing, style.

PRONUNCIATION OF STYLE

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STYLE

Style is a verb and can also act as a noun.

WHAT DOES STYLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of style in the English dictionary

The first definition of style in the dictionary is a form of appearance, design, or production; type or make. Other definition of style is the way in which something is done. Style is also the manner in which something is expressed or performed, considered as separate from its intrinsic content, meaning, etc.

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style

 (stīl)

n.

1. The way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performed: a style of teaching.

2. The combination of distinctive features of literary or artistic expression, execution, or performance characterizing a particular person, group, school, or era.

3. Sort; type: a style of furniture.

4. A quality of imagination and individuality expressed in one’s actions and tastes: does things with style.

5.

a. A comfortable and elegant mode of existence: living in style.

b. A mode of living: the style of the very rich.

6.

a. The fashion of the moment, especially of dress; vogue: clothes that are in style.

b. A particular fashion: the style of the 1920s.

7. A customary manner of presenting printed material, including usage, punctuation, spelling, typography, and arrangement: a manual of style.

8. A name or title: businesses under the style of Wilson and Webber.

9.

a. An implement used for etching or engraving.

b. A slender pointed writing instrument used by the ancients on wax tablets.

10. The needle of a phonograph.

11. The gnomon of a sundial.

12. Botany The usually slender part of a pistil, connecting the ovary and the stigma.

13. Zoology A slender, tubular, or bristlelike process: a cartilaginous style.

14. Medicine A surgical probing instrument; a stylet.

15. Obsolete A pen.

tr.v. styled, styl·ing, styles

1. To design or fashion in a certain way: styled the new model after the classic sports cars.

2. To arrange (hair) in a certain way, as by cutting, coloring, or curling.

3. To call or name; designate: George VI styled his brother Duke of Windsor.

4. To make consistent with rules of style: style a manuscript.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin stylus, stilus, spike, pointed instrument used for writing, style; see stylus.]

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styl′er n.

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style

(staɪl)

n

1. a form of appearance, design, or production; type or make: a new style of house.

2. the way in which something is done: good or bad style.

3. the manner in which something is expressed or performed, considered as separate from its intrinsic content, meaning, etc

4. (Art Terms) a distinctive, formal, or characteristic manner of expression in words, music, painting, etc

5. elegance or refinement of manners, dress, etc

6. (Clothing & Fashion) prevailing fashion in dress, looks, etc

7. a fashionable or ostentatious mode of existence: to live in style.

8. (Journalism & Publishing) the particular mode of orthography, punctuation, design, etc, followed in a book, journal, etc, or in a printing or publishing house

9. chiefly Brit the distinguishing title or form of address of a person or firm

10. (Botany) botany the stalk of a carpel, bearing the stigma

11. (Zoology) zoology a slender pointed structure, such as the piercing mouthparts of certain insects

12. (Historical Terms) a method of expressing or calculating dates. See Old Style, New Style

13. (Art Terms) another word for stylus¹

14. (Horology) the arm of a sundial

vb (mainly tr)

15. to design, shape, or tailor: to style hair.

16. to adapt or make suitable (for)

17. (Journalism & Publishing) to make consistent or correct according to a printing or publishing style

18. to name or call; designate: to style a man a fool.

19. (Art Terms) (intr) to decorate objects using a style or stylus

[C13: from Latin stylus, stilus writing implement, hence characteristics of the writing, style]

ˈstylar adj

ˈstyler n

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style

(staɪl)

n., v. styled, styl•ing. n.

1. a particular type or sort, with reference to form, appearance, or character.

2. a particular, distinctive, or characteristic mode or manner of acting: to do things in a grand style.

3. prevailing fashion, as in dress, esp. approved fashion; smartness: out of style.

4. an elegant, fashionable, or luxurious mode of living: to live in style.

5. a mode of expressing thought in writing or speaking, esp. as characteristic of a group, person, etc.

6. a mode or form of design, construction, or execution in any art or work, esp. as characteristic of a person, group, period, etc.: the baroque style; the Georgian style of architecture.

7. a distinctive quality of originality, elegance, or flair: a person with style.

8. a person’s characteristic tastes, attitudes, and mode of behavior: It’s not his style to flatter people.

9. a descriptive or distinguishing appellation, esp. a legal, official, or recognized title.

11. the gnomon of a sundial.

13. a narrow, cylindrical extension of the pistil that, when present, bears the stigma at its apex.

14. Zool. a small, pointed process or part.

15. the rules or customs of spelling, punctuation, and the like, observed by a publisher.

v.t.

16. to call by a given title or appellation; designate; name.

17. to design or arrange in accordance with a given or new style: to style one’s hair.

18. to bring into conformity with a specific style: to style a manuscript.

[1250–1300; Middle English (n.) < Latin stylus, sp. variant of stilus tool for writing, hence, written composition, style; see stylus]

styl′er, n.

-style¹

,

-style²

,

a combining form with the meanings “column,” “having columns (of the kind specified)”: urostyle. Compare stylo- ².

Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

style

(stīl)

The slender part of a flower pistil, extending from the ovary to the stigma. See more at flower.

The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Style

 

See Also: CLOTHING

1. Dress as if having been born in a clothing store —David Ignatow
2. Elegance stamped on her as by a die —Henry James
3. Elegant as a Cole Porter lyric —Eric Pace, New York Times, December 1, 1986

   Pace made this comparison about actor Cary Grant at the time of his death.

4. Elegant as a fifty-dollar whore —Raymond Chandler
5. Fashion is like a shadow: fly from it and it follows you; follow it and it flies from you —Anon
6. Had that elusive style some older women carry like blossom —Jonathan Gash
7. A man’s style is intrinsic and private with him like his voice or his gesture, partly a matter of inheritance, partly of cultivation —Maurice Valency
8. Style, like the human body, is specially beautiful when the veins are not prominent and the bones cannot be counted —Tacitus
9. You can’t get high aesthetic tastes, like trousers, ready-made —W. S. Gilbert

Similes Dictionary, 1st Edition. © 1988 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

style

Past participle: styled
Gerund: styling

Imperative
style
style

Present
I style
you style
he/she/it styles
we style
you style
they style

Preterite
I styled
you styled
he/she/it styled
we styled
you styled
they styled

Present Continuous
I am styling
you are styling
he/she/it is styling
we are styling
you are styling
they are styling

Present Perfect
I have styled
you have styled
he/she/it has styled
we have styled
you have styled
they have styled

Past Continuous
I was styling
you were styling
he/she/it was styling
we were styling
you were styling
they were styling

Past Perfect
I had styled
you had styled
he/she/it had styled
we had styled
you had styled
they had styled

Future
I will style
you will style
he/she/it will style
we will style
you will style
they will style

Future Perfect
I will have styled
you will have styled
he/she/it will have styled
we will have styled
you will have styled
they will have styled

Future Continuous
I will be styling
you will be styling
he/she/it will be styling
we will be styling
you will be styling
they will be styling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been styling
you have been styling
he/she/it has been styling
we have been styling
you have been styling
they have been styling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been styling
you will have been styling
he/she/it will have been styling
we will have been styling
you will have been styling
they will have been styling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been styling
you had been styling
he/she/it had been styling
we had been styling
you had been styling
they had been styling

Conditional
I would style
you would style
he/she/it would style
we would style
you would style
they would style

Past Conditional
I would have styled
you would have styled
he/she/it would have styled
we would have styled
you would have styled
they would have styled

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• stile (obsolete)

Etymology[edit]

The noun is derived from Middle English stile, stel, stele, stiel, stiele, stil, still, stille, styele, style, styill, styll, styyl (“writing tool, stylus; piece of written work; characteristic mode of expression, particularly one regarded as high quality; demeanour, manner, way of life; person’s designation or title; stem of a plant; period of time”),^[1] from Old French style, estile, stil, stile (modern French style), or from Medieval Latin stylus, both from Latin stilus (“pointed instrument, pale, spike, stake; writing tool, stylus; act of setting down in writing, composition; characteristic mode of expression, style; stem of a plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp; to pierce, prick, puncture, stab; to goad”).^[2][3] Doublet of stylus.

The English word is cognate with Catalan estil (“engraving tool, stylus; gnomon; manner of doing something, style; fashionable skill, grace”), German Stiel (“handle; stalk”), Italian stilo (“needle, stylus; fountain pen; beam; gnomon; part of pistil, style”), Occitan estil, Portuguese estilo (“writing tool, stylus; manner of doing something, style”), Spanish estilo (“writing tool, stylus; manner of doing something, style; fashionable skill, grace; part of pistil, style”).^[2]

The verb is derived from the noun.^[4]

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: stīl, IPA^(key): /staɪl/
• Homophone: stile
• Rhymes: -aɪl

Noun[edit]

style (countable and uncountable, plural styles)

1. Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
   1. (historical) A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; (by extension, obsolete) an instrument used to write with ink; a pen.

      • 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, book II, page 26:

        Thus while his Thoughts the lingring Day beguile, / To gentle Arcite let us turn our Style; […]

   2. A tool with a sharp point used in engraving; a burin, a graver, a stylet, a stylus.

      • 1821, James Townley, chapter I, in Illustrations of Biblical Literature, Exhibiting the History and Fate of the Sacred Writings, from the Earliest Period to the Present Century; […], volume I, London: Printed [by B. Crompton] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […], →OCLC, part I (From the Giving of the Law to the Birth of Christ), page 27:

        From Job xix. 24. it appears to have been usual in his day, to write or engrave upon Plates of Lead, which might easily be done with a Pen, or Graver, or Style of Iron, or other hard metal.

   3. The gnomon or pin of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour.

      • 1697, Joseph Moxon, “Operat[ioni] II. To Describe a Dyal upon a Horizontal Plane.”, in Mechanick Dyalling: Teaching any Man, though of an Ordinary Capacity and Unlearned in Mathematicks, to Draw a True Sun-dial on any Given Plane, […], 3rd edition, London: Printed for James Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 17:

        Laſt of all fit a Triangular Iron, whoſe angular point being laid to the Center of the Dyal Plane, one ſide muſt agree with the Subſtilar Line, and its other ſide with the Stilar Line; ſo is the Stile made. And this Stile you muſt erect perpendicularly over the Subſtilar Line on the Dyal Plane, and there fix it. Then is your Dyal finiſhed.

   4. (botany) The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.

      Synonym: stylet

      • 1751, John Hill, A General Natural History: Or, New and Accurate Descriptions of the Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals of the Different Parts of the World; […], London: Printed for Thomas Osborne, […], →OCLC, page 268:

        The calyx of Theophraſta is a ſmall, permanent perianthium, divided into five obtuſe ſegments, making obtuſe angles alſo with one another: […] the ſtyle is ſubulated, and ſhorter than the corolla: the ſtigma is acute.

   5. (surgery) A kind of surgical instrument with a blunt point, used for exploration.

      Synonym: stylet

   6. (zoology) A small, thin, pointed body part.

      Synonym: stylet

      1. (entomology) A long, slender, bristle-like process near the anal region.

         the anal styles of insects

2. (by extension from sense 1.1) A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good.

   • 1678, John Bunyan, “The Author’s Apology for His Book”, in The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC; reprinted in The Pilgrim’s Progress (The Noel Douglas Replicas), London: Noel Douglas, […], 1928, →OCLC:

     May I not write in such a ſtile as this? / In ſuch a method too, and yet not miſs / Mine end, thy good? why may it not be done?

   • 1752 January 21 (indicated as 1751 Old Style)​, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, “Letter CCVIII”, in Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq; […] In Four Volumes, volume III, 6th edition, London: Published by Mrs. Eugenia Stanhope, […]; printed for J[ames] Dodsley, […], published 1775, →OCLC, page 113:

     Read Lord Bolingbroke’s [book] with great attention, as well as to the ſtyle as to the matter. I wiſh you could form yourſelf ſuch a ſtyle in every language. Style is the dreſs of thoughts, and a well-dreſſed thought, like a well-dreſſed man, appears to great advantage.

   • 1790, Conyers Middleton, “To the Right Honorable John Lord Hervey, Lord Keeper of His Majesty’s Privy Seal”, in The History of the Life of M. Tullius Cicero, volume I, new edition, Basel: Printed for J. J. Tourneisen [i.e., Johann Jakob Thurneysen]; and J. L. Legrand, →OCLC, page iii:

     The public will naturally expect, that in chuſing a Patron for the Life of Cicero, I should addreſs myſelf to ſome perſon of illuſtrious rank, diſtinguished by his parts and eloquence, and bearing a principal share in the great affairs of the Nation; who, according to the uſual ſtyle of Dedications, might be the proper ſubject of a compariſon with the Hero of my piece.

   • 1806 February, Isaac D’Israeli, “Remarks on Style”, in The Literary Magazine, and American Register, volume V, number XXIX, Philadelphia, Pa.: Published by J[ohn] Conrad & Co. [et al.], →OCLC, page 105, column 1:

     After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but his style; facts, scientific discoveries, and every kind of information, may be seized by all; but an author’s diction cannot be taken from him.

   • 1995, “Perspectives”, in Henning Bergenholtz and Sven Tarp, editor, Manual of Specialised Lexicography: The Preparation of Specialised Dictionaries (Benjamins Translation Library; 12), Amsterdam; Philadelphia, Pa.: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 236:

     Methods for more «intelligent» spellchecking as well as for automatic checking of grammar and style are on the way, but they will require the support of electronic dictionaries.

   1. A legal or traditional term or formula of words used to address or refer to a person, especially a monarch or a person holding a post or having a title.

      Monarchs are often addressed with the style of Majesty.

      • 1683, Joseph Moxon, “§ 25. The Office of the Warehouse-keeper. [(As an Appendix.) Ancient Customs Used in a Printing-house.]”, in Mechanick Exercises: Or, The Doctrine of Handy-books. Applied to the Art of Printing, volume II, London: Printed for Joseph Moxon […], →OCLC, number XXII, page 356:

        Every Printing-houſe is by the Cuſtom of Time out of mind, called a Chappel; and all the Workmen that belong to it are Members of the Chappel: and the Oldeſt Freeman is the Father of the Chappel. I ſuppoſe the ſtile was originally conferred upon it by the courteſie of ſome great Churchman, or men, (doubtleſs when Chappels were in more veneration than of late years they have been here in England) who for the Books of Divinity that proceeded from a Printing-houſe, gave it the Reverend Title of Chappel.

      • 1796, Edmund Burke, A Letter from the Right Honourable Edmund Burke to a Noble Lord [William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam], on the Attacks Made upon Him and His Pension, in the House of Lords, by the Duke of Bedford and the Earl of Lauderdale, Early in the Present Sessions of Parliament, London: Printed for J. Owen, […], and F[rancis] and C[harles] Rivington, […], →OCLC, page 10:

        One ſtyle to a gracious benefactor, another to a proud, inſulting foe.

      • 1821 May 26, “Annals of the Coinage of Britain and Its Dependencies, from the Earliest Period of Authentic History to the End of the Fiftieth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George III. By the Rev. Rogers Ruding, […] The Second Edition, Corrected, Enlarged, and Continued to the Close of the Year 1818. 5 vols. 8vo. With a 4to. vol. of Plates. London, 1819. [book review]”, in The Literary Chronicle and Weekly Review; […], volume III, number 106, London: Printed by Davidson, […], published by [John] Limbird, […], sold also by Souter [et al.], →OCLC, page 327:

        During the whole of the reign of George I., the money was of the same species and value as that of Queen Anne, but to his style upon the reverse, were added his German titles, with Fidei Defensor [Defender of the Faith], which then, for the first time, appeared upon the coins, although it had been constantly used in the style of our monarchs from Henry VIII., on whom it was conferred by Pope Leo X., in the year 1521.

3. A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.

   • 1825, Joshua Reynolds, “Discourse IV. Delivered at the Royal Academy.”, in Discourses on Painting and the Fine Arts, Delivered at the Royal Academy, London: Printed for Jones and Co., […], →OCLC, page 23, column 1:

     [T]here are two distinct styles in history painting; the grand, and the splendid or ornamental. The great style stands alone, and does not require, perhaps does not so well admit, any addition from inferior beauties. The ornamental style also possesses its own peculiar merit. However, though the union of the two may make a sort of composite style, yet that style is likely to be more imperfect than either of those which goes to its composition.

   • 1843, Allan Cunningham, chapter XI, in The Life of Sir David Wilkie; […] In Three Volumes, volume II, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 472:

     To our English tastes it is unnecessary to advocate the style of [Diego] Velazquez. […] Sir Joshua [Reynolds], [George] Romney, and [Henry] Raeburn, whether from imitation or instinct, seem powerfully imbued with his style, and some of our own time, even to our landscape painters, seem to possess the same affinity.

   • 1863 April 4, “Italian Architecture and Its Various European Offshoots”, in George Godwin, editor, The Builder. An Illustrated Weekly Magazine for the Architect, Engineer, Archæologist, Constructor, & Art-lover, volume XXI, number 1052, London: Publishing office, York Street, Covent Garden, W.C. [printed by Cox and Wyman], →OCLC, page 239, column 1:

     This style was sometimes called Palladian from the fact of [Andrea] Palladio having fully developed and absorbed into his own system the styles of his great predecessors of the [Florentine] school, […]

   • 2004, Ethan Mordden, “Big Deals”, in The Happiest Corpse I’ve Ever Seen: The Last Twenty-Five Years of the Broadway Musical, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 108:

     His style is slow-build rave-up soul; the music, not the lyrics, relates the message.

   1. A particular manner of acting or behaving; (specifically) one regarded as fashionable or skilful; flair, grace.

      As a dancer, he has a lot of style.

      Backstabbing people is not my style.

      • 2015, Zachary Brown, The Darkside War (The Icarus Corps; book 1), London; New York, N.Y.: Saga Press, →ISBN, pages 197–198:

        Running would feel better than hiding and waiting. It was not her style to hole up in the shadows.

   2. A particular way in which one grooms, adorns, dresses, or carries oneself; (specifically) a way thought to be attractive or fashionable.
   3. (computing) A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as boldface or italics.

      applying styles to text in a wordprocessor  Cascading Style Sheets

      • 2001, Dee L. Fabry; Sally A. Seier, “Speaking, Technology, Analysis, and Reading through Research”, in Opening Doors to Reading: Building School-to-work Skills, Englewood, Colo.: Teacher Ideas Press, Libraries Unlimited, →ISBN, page 64:

        In today’s assignment, you need to: […] Right justify your heading in 12 point Helvetica font and plain text style.

      • 2011, Janine Warner, “Cascading Style Sheets”, in Dreamweaver CS3 for Dummies, New York, N.Y.: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

        The concept of creating styles has been around since long before the Web. Desktop publishing programs, such as Adobe InDesign, and even word processing programs, such as Microsoft Word, have long used styles to manage the formatting and editing of text on printed pages.

   4. (printing, publishing) A set of rules regarding the presentation of text (spelling, typography, the citation of references, etc.) and illustrations that is applied by a publisher to the works it produces.

      the house style of the journal

      • 1993, Evelyn Hunt Ogden, “Spending Money and Using the 20th Century to Your Advantage”, in Completing Your Doctoral Dissertation or Master’s Thesis in Two Semesters or Less, 2nd edition, Lanham, Md.; Toronto, Ont.: ScarecrowEducation, Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, published 2003, →ISBN, page 60:

        If you have to settle for an expert typist who has not completed recent dissertations for your school, buy two copies of the style manual, one for you and one for the typist.

      • 2012, Larry A. Pace, “Preface and Acknowledgments”, in Using Microsoft Word to Write Research Papers in APA Style, Anderson, S.C.: TwoPaces.com, →ISBN, page 5:

        There are many excellent style manuals, and every good writer should have one or more of these at hand, along with the appropriate formatting instructions for the particular standard beng followed. This book is a how-to survival manual for students, researchers, and family members who need to learn and use APA [American Psychological Association] style and who would like to use some of the tools provided by Microsoft Word.

Alternative forms[edit]

• stile (obsolete)
• stylee (music, slang)

Derived terms[edit]

[edit]

• stylus

Descendants[edit]

• → Finnish: staili
• → Scottish Gaelic: stoidhle
• → Iban: stail
• → Japanese: スタイル (sutairu)
• → Korean: 스타일 (seutail)
• → Malay: stail
• → Portuguese: style
• → Swahili: staili

Translations[edit]

See also[edit]

• substance

Verb[edit]

style (third-person singular simple present styles, present participle styling, simple past and past participle styled)

1. (transitive) To design, fashion, make, or arrange in a certain way or form (style)
2. (transitive, formal) To call or give a name or title to.

   Synonyms: designate, dub, name; see also Thesaurus:denominate

   • 1623, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], “Elizabeth Qveene of England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. the Sixtie One Monarch of the English Crowne, […]”, in The Historie of Great Britaine vnder the Conqvests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Iohn Beale, for George Hvmble, […], →OCLC, book 9, paragraph 37, page 1161, column 2:

     […] Douenald O-Neale, rowſed out of his lurking holes, in his miſſiue letters vnto the Pope, ſtyleth himſelfe King of Vlſter, and in right of inheritance, the vndoubted Heire of all Ireland.

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, “Jones Arrives at Gloucester, and Goes to the Bell; the Character of that House, and of a Petty-fogger, which He there Meets with”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VIII, page 200:

     This Fellow, I ſay, ſtiled himſelf a Lawyer, but was indeed a moſt vile Petty-fogger, without Senſe or Knowledge of any Kind; one of thoſe who may be termed Train-bearers to the Law; […]

   • 1776, “Of the Martyrs at Smyrna”, in [David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes], editor, Account of the Martyrs at Smyrna and Lyons, in the Second Century. With Explanatory Notes, Edinburgh: Printed by A. Murray and J. Cochran, →OCLC, pages 12–13:

     But when the proconſul perſiſted in requiring him to ſwear by the fortune of Cæſar, Polycarp ſaid, «Since thou oſtentatiouſly requireſt me to ſwear by what thou ſtyleſt the fortune of Cæſar, as if thou wert ignorant of what I am, hear me boldly ſpeak. I am a Chriſtian; and if thou wouldſt learn what is the doctrine of Chriſtianity, appoint a day, and hear.»

   • 1782 December, “Elements of the Theory and Practice of Physic and Surgery. By John Aitken, M.D. 2 vols. 8vo. 14s. in Boards. Cadell. [book review]”, in The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature (Series the Fifth), volume LIV, London: Printed for A. Hamilton, […], →OCLC, page 438:

     Dr. Aitken’s language is generally exact, though there is a quaintneſs, and an attempt at novelty, which is ſometimes diſagreeable. […] He ſtyles ‘recover a pleasing evidence of the operation of the medicines.’

   • 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter X, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 106:

     Marianne’s preserver, as Margaret, with more elegance than precision, stiled Willoughby, called at the cottage early the next morning to make his personal inquiries.

   • 1821 April 14, “Annals of the Coinage of Britain and Its Dependencies, from the Earliest Period of Authentic History to the End of the Fiftieth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George III. By the Rev. Rogers Ruding, […] The Second Edition, Corrected, Enlarged, and Continued to the Close of the Year 1818. 5 vols. 8vo. With a 4to. vol. of Plates. London, 1819. [book review]”, in The Literary Chronicle and Weekly Review; […], volume III, number 100, London: Printed by Davidson, […], published by [John] Limbird, […], sold also by Souter [et al.], →OCLC, page 246, column 3:

     Edward the Black Prince had the principality of Aquitain and Gascony conferred on him, with the privilege of coining monies. Under the authority of this grant, he struck various coins of gold and silver. On these coins he invariably styles himself, Primogenitus Regis Angliæ, et Princeps Aquitaniæ [First King of England, and Prince of Aquitaine].

3. (transitive, informal) To create for, or give to, someone a style, fashion, or image, particularly one which is regarded as attractive, tasteful, or trendy.
4. (intransitive, US, informal) To act in a way which seeks to show that one possesses style.

Conjugation[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• stile (obsolete)

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• style (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams[edit]

• lyest, tyles

French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• stile (obsolete)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle French stile, from Old French estile, borrowed from Latin stilus.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /stil/

Noun[edit]

style m (plural styles)

1. style (manner of doing something)

   Synonyms: façon, manière

2. (botany) style (of a flower)
3. fashion, trend, style
4. (colloquial) style (personal comportment)
5. flair
6. (art) style; method characteristic of an artist; artistic manner or characteristic by which an artistic movement may be defined

   Synonym: genre

7. gnomon, style (needle of a sundial)
8. (dated, historical) stylus, style (implement for writing on tablets)

   Synonym: stylet

9. complement of jargon particular to a field; style (manner of writing specific to a field or discipline)
10. sort, type; category of things

    Synonyms: espèce, genre, sorte, type

Synonyms[edit]

• (needle of a sundial): aiguille (d’un cadran), gnomon

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

• → Czech: styl
• → Italian: stile
• → Polish: styl
• → Romanian: stil
• → Serbo-Croatian: stȉl
• → Turkish: stil

Further reading[edit]

• “style”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old English stiġel.

Noun[edit]

style

1. Alternative form of stile (“stile”)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Medieval Latin stylus.

Noun[edit]

style

1. Alternative form of stile (“style”)

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɨ.lɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɨlɛ
• Syllabification: sty‧le

Noun[edit]

style m inan

1. accusative plural of styl
2. vocative plural of styl

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English style. Doublet of estilo and esteio.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

style (invariable)

1. (Brazil, colloquial) stylish

   Com este calçado você fica style!

   With this shoe you become stylish!

Noun[edit]

style m (plural styles)

1. (colloquial) style

   Synonym: estilo