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.