style [stahyl]
noun
- a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character.
- a particular, distinctive, or characteristic mode of action or manner of acting.
- a mode of living, as with respect to expense or display.
- an elegant, fashionable, or luxurious mode of living.
- a mode of fashion, as in dress, especially good or approved fashion; elegance; smartness.
- the mode of expressing thought in writing or speaking by selecting and arranging words, considered with respect to clearness, effectiveness, euphony, or the like, that is characteristic of a group, period, person, personality, etc.
- those components or features of a literary composition that have to do with the form of expression rather than the content of the thought expressed.
- manner or tone adopted in discourse or conversation.
- a particular, distinctive, or characteristic mode or form of construction or execution in any art or work.
Idioms
- go out of style, to become unfashionable: The jacket he’s wearing went out of style ten years ago.
- in style, fashionable.