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-style
-style [ staıl ] suffix
used with some adjectives and nouns to make adjectives describing someone's qualities or the way something is done or designed:
a gangland-style shooting
an old-style (=traditional) politician

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

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  • STYLE — Sous l’égide de la linguistique, le style devient aujourd’hui l’objet d’une science: la stylistique veut être la science des registres de la langue, et elle s’efforce de définir le style comme concept opératoire. Mais le mot style a, dans l’usage …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Style — may refer to:* Genre, a loose set of criteria for a category or composition * Design, the process of creating something * Format, various terms that refer to the style of different things * Human physical appearance * Fashion, a prevailing mode… …   Wikipedia

  • style — [staɪl] noun [countable] 1. a way of doing something, designing something, or producing something, especially one that is typical of a particular time, place, or group of people: style of • the Japanese style of stock investment • 1980s style… …   Financial and business terms

  • Style — Style, n. [OE. stile, F. style, Of. also stile, L. stilus a style or writing instrument, manner or writing, mode of expression; probably for stiglus, meaning, a pricking instrument, and akin to E. stick. See {Stick}, v. t., and cf. {Stiletto}.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Style — 〈[ staıl] m. 6; engl. Bez. für〉 Stil * * * Style [sta̮il ], der; s, s [engl. style, über das Afrz. zu lat. stilus, ↑ Stil] (Jargon): Stil. * * * Style   [»Stil«] Formatvorlage …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Style — Style, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Styled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Styling}.] To entitle; to term, name, or call; to denominate. Styled great conquerors. Milton. [1913 Webster] How well his worth and brave adventures styled. Dryden. [1913 Webster] Syn: To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Style UK — was a television channel carried on Showtime Arabia s satellite service for the Middle East, North Africa, and the Levant territories.Similar to BBC Prime and Granada UKTV, it carried British entertainment programming from ITV, Channel 4 and the… …   Wikipedia

  • style — I noun appearance, artistry, aspect, cast, character, class, custom, denomination, description, expression, fashion, form, genre, genus, guise, habit, individual method, kind, make, manner, manner of presentation, method, mode, model, modus,… …   Law dictionary

  • Style nu — ● Style nu dépouillé, sans apprêts …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • STYLE — s. m. T. d Antiq. Sorte de poinçon ou de grosse aiguille, avec la pointe de laquelle les anciens écrivaient sur des tablettes enduites de cire. L autre bout était aplati, et servait à effacer l écriture, quand on voulait corriger ou supprimer ce… …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • STYLE — n. m. T. d’Antiquité Sorte de poinçon ou de grosse aiguille, avec la pointe de laquelle les anciens écrivaient sur des tablettes enduites de cire. Il se dit aussi de l’Aiguille d’un cadran solaire. Poser un style. Ce style est mal posé. STYLE… …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

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