Definition of STYLE

style

Plural: styles

Noun

  • how something is done or how it happens
    • "in the characteristic New York 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
    • "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"
  • a particular kind (as to appearance)
    • "this style of shoe is in demand"
  • the popular taste at a given time
    • "the 1920s had a style of their own"
  • (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma
  • editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
  • distinctive and stylish elegance
  • a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving
  • a slender bristlelike or tubular process
    • "a cartilaginous style"
  • Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
  • 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.
  • Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
  • A tool with a sharp point used in engraving; a burin, a graver, a stylet, a stylus.
  • Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
  • The gnomon or pin of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour.
  • Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
  • The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.
  • Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
  • A kind of surgical instrument with a blunt point, used for exploration.
  • Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
  • A small, thin, pointed body part.
  • Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.
  • A small, thin, pointed body part.
  • A long, slender, bristle-like process near the anal region.
  • A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good.
  • A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good.
  • 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.
  • A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.
  • A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.
  • A particular manner of acting or behaving; (specifically) one regarded as fashionable or skilful; flair, grace.
  • A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.
  • A particular way in which one grooms, adorns, dresses, or carries oneself; (specifically) a way thought to be attractive or fashionable.
  • A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.
  • A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as boldface or italics.
  • A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art.
  • 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.

Verb

Verb Forms: styled, styling, styles

  • To name or designate; to design or fashion in a particular way.
  • designate by an identifying term
    • "They styled their nation `The Confederate States'"
  • make consistent with a certain fashion or style
    • "Style my hair"
    • "style the dress"
  • make consistent with certain rules of style
    • "style a manuscript"
  • To design, fashion, make, or arrange in a certain way or form (style).
  • To call or give a name or title to.
  • To create for, or give to, someone a style, fashion, or image, particularly one which is regarded as attractive, tasteful, or trendy.
  • To act in a way which seeks to show that one possesses style.

Examples

  • applying styles to text in a wordprocessor  Cascading Style Sheets
  • As a dancer, he has a lot of style.
  • Backstabbing people is not my style.
  • He chose to style his game as aggressive, constantly looking for high-scoring plays.
  • Monarchs are often addressed with the style of Majesty.
  • the anal styles of insects
  • the house style of the journal
  • The pope is styled His or Your Holiness.
  • The villagers styled him as my Liege, and this style, once established, was seldom forgone.

Origin / Etymology

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”) (compare semantic development to Russian по́черк (póčerk, “handwriting, style”)), 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”). 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”).
The verb is derived from the noun.

Scrabble Score: 8

style: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
style: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
style: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

style: valid Words With Friends Word