English dictionary
style
/st/aI/l/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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how something is done or how it happens
ExamplesIn the characteristic New York style.
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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
ExamplesAll the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper.
Synonyms expressive styleSource: WordNet 3.0
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a particular kind (as to appearance)
ExamplesThis style of shoe is in demand.
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the popular taste at a given time
ExamplesThe 1920s had a style of their own.
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(botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma
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editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
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distinctive and stylish elegance
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a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
Synonyms stylusSource: WordNet 3.0
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a slender bristlelike or tubular process
ExamplesA cartilaginous style.
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An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded, for the purpose of making erasures by smoothing the wax.
Source: webster1913
verb
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designate by an identifying term
ExamplesThey styled their nation `The Confederate States'.
Synonyms titleSource: WordNet 3.0
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make consistent with a certain fashion or style
ExamplesStyle my hair.
Style the dress.
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make consistent with certain rules of style
ExamplesStyle a manuscript.
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To entitle; to term, name, or call; to denominate.
Source: webster1913