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style
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Meanings
noun
  • a particular procedure by which something is done; a manner or way.
    E.g. different styles of management
  • a distinctive appearance, typically determined by the principles according to which something is designed.
    E.g. the pillars are no exception to the general style
  • fashionable elegance and sophistication.
    E.g. the world-famous hotel attracts guests because of its style and taste
  • (in a flower) a narrow, typically elongated extension of the ovary, bearing the stigma.
  • (in an invertebrate) a small, slender pointed appendage; a stylet.
  • archaic term for stylus (sense 2).
verb
  • design or make in a particular form.
  • designate with a particular name, description, or title.
    E.g. the official is styled principal and vice chancellor of the university
-style
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Meanings
suffix
  • (forming adjectives and adverbs) in a manner characteristic of.
    E.g. family-style

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