style

style
style1 [ staıl ] noun ***
1. ) count the individual way that someone behaves and does things:
Rob has a very different style, relaxed and slow.
I really dislike her teaching style.
style of: Nancy's style of management is not what I was expecting.
not be someone's style: Having big parties is not our style.
a ) count the way someone writes or produces music or art:
Do you have any trouble with Joyce's writing style?
Sylvia's singing style has been influenced by jazz.
style of: Picasso's style of painting changed and developed over the years.
b ) uncount an attractive or impressive way of behaving or doing something:
with style: I was greeted with great style.
have style: Greg has a lot of style.
c ) in style in a very comfortable, impressive, or expensive way:
Let's rent a big car and go there in style.
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2. ) count or uncount the way something is made or done that is typical of a particular group, time, or place:
Julie prefers the Gothic architectural style, while I like Romanesque.
Her painting is influenced by early modernist styles.
style of: He has the true Italian style of playing.
a ) the particular way clothing is made or designed:
The characters were wearing Renaissance style costumes.
style of: I don't like the style of dresses that are popular now.
in/out of style
fashionable/not fashionable:
These shoes have gone out of style, but I like them.
in the style of
in a way that copies or is very much influenced by the style mentioned:
built in the style of a temple
a painting in the style of Georges Seurat
style
style 2 [ staıl ] verb transitive
to give something a particular shape or style:
I had my hair styled this morning.
style yourself/something (as) something
used for saying that someone describes themselves or something as having qualities they do not have:
Marco styles himself as a businessman.
The event was styled an art opening, but I saw no art.
`style ,after phrasal verb transitive
style someone/something after someone/something to copy someone or something's style:
She has styled herself after Marilyn Monroe.

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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