style

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A particular way of doing, making, or expressing something.

   I love her writing style.

2. 2
   noun

   A type or design of something, especially clothes or objects.

   This style of shoe is very popular this year.

3. 3
   noun

   An attractive and fashionable way of doing or wearing things.

   She always dresses with great style.

4. 4
   verb

   To design or arrange something, such as hair or clothes.

   A professional stylist will style her hair for the show.

Common collocations

• expressive style Adjective + noun
• inimitable style Adjective + noun
• sententious style Adjective + noun

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 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 to…

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