style

CEFRA1

/staɪl/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A particular way of doing, designing, or presenting something.

  2. 02

    verb

    To design or arrange something in a certain way.

Examples

  • As long as you stick to one style, you can't hit upon a wonderful idea.

  • She prefers a simple, elegant style of clothing for work.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Senses relating to a thin, pointed object.

  2. A tool with a sharp point used in engraving; a burin, a graver, a stylet, a stylus.

  3. A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; (by extension, obsolete) an instrument used to write with ink; a pen.

More examples

In context

  • Your essay is admirable in regard to style.

  • Monarchs are often addressed with the style of Majesty.

  • Near-synonyms: term of address, form of address, title

Synonyms

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Her unique blank of painting always uses bright colors and thick brushstrokes.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

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 tool, stylus; act of setting down in writing, composition; characteristic mode of expression, style;...