style1 nounstyle2 verb
stylestyle1 /staɪl/ ●●● S2 W1 AWL noun 
WORD ORIGINstyle1
Origin:
1200-1300 Latin stilus ‘pointed stick, stylus, style of writing’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a completely new style of painting
- an authoritarian style of leadership
- At this publisher, it isn't style to spell "worshipping" with one "p."
- Cameron found my style aggressive, although I thought I was just being direct and honest.
- Her friendly style of management works well with small groups of people.
- Hundreds of novelists have tried to copy Hemingway's direct style.
- If you want a cellphone with style, this is the one for you.
- It does not really have the style and elegance of other luxury hotels.
- It was built in Colonial style to match the old part of the city.
- Pollock's style is instantly recognizable.
- Several of her early paintings were done in an expressionistic style.
- The new library is a blend of various architectural styles.
- The Thompsons always entertain in style.
- The women were wearing '50s style housedresses.
- What she lacked in looks she made up for with her sensational style.
- Whitaker went out in style, beating Pernell comfortably.
- He met this challenge by manufacturing a sense of drama through his theatrical style of rule and through his ambitious policies.
- I tried to write them in an easygoing style, which was my hallmark.
- It has evolved over the years from a nouveau style to a more weighty red wine with distinctive black raspberry fruit.
- The bureaucratic style can be very efficient in a stable environment and when the organisation is of a large size.
- The cool narrative economy and unforced style recall early Fassbinder.
- The fashionable and becoming gown and girdle were her only concessions to style and conformity.
- There Angela sat smoking but not in her usual sensual and elegant style.
- You will come up with your own favoured tactics based on your own preferred style of play.
Longman Language Activatorstyle/elegance
· What she lacked in looks she made up for with her sensational style.· It does not really have the style and elegance of other luxury hotels.with style · If you want a cellphone with style, this is the one for you.do something in style · The Thompsons always entertain in style.go out in style (=to finish something in a way that people admire) · Whitaker went out in style, beating Pernell comfortably.
an attractive and graceful appearance or way of doing something, that is often simple but expensive: · Marlene Dietrich was once the symbol of glamour and elegance.· buildings that reflect the elegance of a bygone era
a style that is based on confidence and wealth, and that shows an intelligent judgement about what is artistic and fashionable: · The capital city was once known as the centre of European culture and sophistication.· She was acutely aware of her own lack of sophistication.
a natural ability to do things in interesting and original ways: · As a player he had a lot of flair, but it didn't help him win.· a combination of British practicality and French flairwith flair: · The room's interior was designed with taste and flair.
a confident artistic manner that makes even the simple things you do seem interesting or exciting: with panache: · She wore her clothes with typical Italian panache.have panache: · The performance didn't have the panache you expect from a chart-topping rock band.
having a lot of style or elegance · The room was full of stylish furniture and expensive paintings.· She was a stylish woman, always dressed to suit the occasion.
having an attractive and graceful appearance or way of moving, dressing etc, often in a way that is expensive: · The house was elegant and well kept.· Vienna is a city of grand public buildings and elegant private ones.· The elegant figure of Mr Reed appeared in the doorway.
having a confident and expensive appearance, and showing good judgement about what is artistic and fashionable: · She was glamorous and sophisticated, but seemed a little lonely.· Nothing beats black for the classic sophisticated look.suave and sophisticated: · The suave, sophisticated 60-year-old singer is still performing and drawing crowds.
informal attractively and expensively dressed, decorated, or prepared: · Their wedding was a very classy affair.· a classy restaurant· She's smart, witty, and classy.
a type of person or thing a group of things or people that are similar to each other in some way, or a thing or person that belongs to such a group. Kind and sort are more common than type in spoken English. Use type when you are talking about technical subjects or when you are describing something in an exact way: · I'll get you some ice-cream. What kind would you like?type/kind/sort of: · The floor was made of three different types of wood.· What sort of fish is this?· "What type of music do you like?" "Mainly dance music and some indie."· She's the kind of person you can always rely on.· There are two sorts of politician - the ones who really want to help people, and the ones who just want power.of this/that type etc: · Accidents of this type are extremely common.· It's a club for writers and actors and people of that sort.of various/many/different types etc: · They export farming machinery and tools of various kinds.
a particular type of building, art, literature, music etc: · The new library is a blend of various architectural styles.style of: · a completely new style of painting
a group that people or things of the same type are divided into for a particular purpose - use this when there are several groups and there is a clear system for deciding which group something belongs to: · Emma Thompson won an Oscar in the Best Actress category.· The novels are divided up into three categories: historical, romantic, and crime.category of: · Insurance companies identify six main categories of driver.
a number of people or things that are considered as being of the same group because they have the same physical features, qualities etc: class of: · French is one of a class of languages known as the Romance languages.· Doctors are reluctant to prescribe a new class of drugs, especially ones which need to be taken for long periods of time.
a type of thing that is different from another similar type: variety of: · The French make many varieties of cheese, from both cows' and goats' milk.· At that time, all newsreaders spoke a variety of English spoken in southern England, known as Received Pronunciation.
formal a type of literature, film, or work of art: · Science fiction as a genre is relatively new.· Italian filmmakers made their own versions of the classic Hollywood genres - the western, the gangster film, the musical.
a form of something is one type of it of all the ones that are possible: form of: · Melanoma is a form of skin cancer.· Britain has a constitutional form of government.· Sugar in chocolate and other forms of confectionery is one of the major causes of tooth decay.
a particular type of thing: of a political/historical/technical/scientific/sexual nature : · The support being given is primarily of a practical nature.· books of an erotic natureof a different/similar nature: · On the plains the farmers have to deal with frequent floods, but up in the hills their problems are of a different nature. of that nature: · Children at this age commonly refer to being eaten up by tigers and lions and things of that nature.be in the nature of something (=to be like something): · The cruise was to be in the nature of a "rest cure".
of that type, his type etc - use this especially about types that you do not like or respect: · Environmentalists, feminists, and others of that ilk regularly try to drive shows like this off the air.· Desserts ($5) were of the tiramisu, crème brûlée, chocolate torte ilk.
especially spoken of the type that you have just been talking about: · The children need new pens and pencils and things like that.· People like that really annoy me.· I'm not sure what to do. I've never been in a situation like this before.
the way someone behaves or does something · Losing a job affects different people in different ways.the way (that) somebody does something · I just love the way she laughs.· I could tell by the way he looked at me that he was annoyed.somebody's way of doing something · The younger girls admired Louise, and tried to copy her way of dressing and talking.in the same/a different way · We try to treat all the children in the same way.
the way that someone behaves towards someone else and talks to them: · The doctor had a relaxed and friendly manner.not like somebody's manner: · a young man with a slightly shy, awkward manner
use this to talk about the way someone behaves or does something: · Have you noticed how she reacts when you mention her husband?· Just watch how he tricks the other player into going in the wrong direction.
the particular way that someone does something or deals with other people, especially if this way has been chosen from several possible ways: · Cameron found my style aggressive, although I thought I was just being direct and honest.style of: · Her friendly style of management works well with small groups of people.· an authoritarian style of leadership
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
Cuban-style black beans and rice a Colonial-style house I like your style (=approve of the way you do things), Simpson. I can’t ask a man out – it’s not my style (=it is not the way I usually behave). The rooms are furnished in a modern style. You may not like her, but she certainly has style. The team played with style. Nadal won the match in fine style, not losing a single game.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES furnished in a baroque style his flamboyant style of play a hands-off style of management He entertained us in his own inimitable style. the lapidary style of the poem She has a fairly relaxed approach to housework.
Cuban-style black beans and rice a Colonial-style house (=used to say that you prefer something) I don’t think the parachuting weekend is for me – the art class is more my style.
I don’t think the parachuting weekend is for me – the art class is more my style. I like your style (=approve of the way you do things), Simpson. I can’t ask a man out – it’s not my style (=it is not the way I usually behave). The rooms are furnished in a modern style. You may not like her, but she certainly has style. The team played with style. Nadal won the match in fine style, not losing a single game. furnished in a baroque style his flamboyant style of play a hands-off style of management He entertained us in his own inimitable style. the lapidary style of the poem She has a fairly relaxed approach to housework. (=particular part of a newspaper)
· Choose a racket that suits your style of play.
· Different newspapers tend to use different writing styles.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Within quite a short time great rivalries grew up between students of different styles.· Flocks of executives entered the company from competing firms, bringing different styles, values, and corporate cultures with them.· It wanted to give the club a different style of management.· You get to see all those different styles, their advantages and disadvantages.· The same data are plotted in b but the species are categorised into three different life styles denoted by different symbols.· You look at how your bosses ran things and see a lot of different management styles.· Different situations may require different styles of leadership and a good leader may be one who uses a combination of different styles.· Experiment with a different hair style or food.
· Rich and imposing, here the features are grand, and the fine, traditional style impressive.· But although she slammed the phone down in fine style, she was shaken horribly.· I won the 200 metres in fine style, clocking my best indoor time of 21.05 seconds.· The façade is late Renaissance, with friezes and status in fine style.· United began to step up their pressure and took the lead after 30 minutes when Sharpe celebrated his recall in fine style.· Both are notable for their fine sense of style and for playing of passionate commitment.· Ian led the pack in fine style, well supported by second rower Warren Aspinall until he retired with a damaged shoulder.· The orchestral accompaniment her was again alert, matching the pianist's skill in fine style.
· The organ is a rare example of the Gothic Revival style from the beginning of the 18C.· Most remarkable, however, are his two houses in the Gothic style.· Dedicated to St Paul, it is stone built in an early Gothic style.· From the fourteenth century onwards considerable building was carried out in the Gothic style.· Carter had worked under James Wyatt, one of the first professional architects to recognize the Gothic style in the eighteenth century.· The Gothic style of the mansion has made it an ideal film set in the past.· The lower floor is early Gothic in style, with deep set windows and a groined vaulted roof.· The vicarage house is a handsome brick building in the Gothic style.
· We had started off in grand style, rattling right round the station plaza with a great tooting of horns.· Opening the evening in grand style is Norm Marini, doing his reality-twisting routines tableside.· The grand style is echoed in the hotel's 108 bedrooms which are traditional but have large modern bathrooms.· He opened in the grandest possible style, with Janacek s mighty Sinfonietta.
· Daniel Hersheson then set to work on Pamela's hair, cutting it into a more tailored and modern style.· But he quickly changed my direction toward modern tango style.· Magnet's wide choice of kitchen units includes traditional and modern styles, and prices to fit any budget.· A.R. What do you feel about working in the more modern style of play after your classical work with Stratford?· Classic and modern styles, glowing with lights, colour, and gilding.· Modern style After studying the above ballets it may well be asked what is modern style?· Each is furnished in a modern style with private facilities and at least one balcony.· He led Coffin to a bright back kitchen, furnished in the most modern style, with new canary-yellow paint.
· Classroom management for the use of computers A new style of classroom management may be required when using computers in history teaching.· He had, perhaps unconsciously, formulated a new style of disengagement.· Mr Sampson's report is the second of a new style of intermediate force inspections and falls between the biennial major inspections.· The changes are expected to cut the time it takes to develop new styles of sunglasses and lower costs, Echols said.· So successful was he that he named the new style after the insect.· The thematic range and the technique of the earlier poems have not been replaced by a new poetic style.· Modern civilization was not now so decayed that the new style proposed by the Mediaevalists was justified.· So, in our example, it would be the experimental group which was exposed to the new teaching style.
· There's a case for bringing back those old style Tory values.· The old styles are all coming back.· They want a return to the old style system of independent assessors for every match.· The result was predictable: the briefers stopped attacking ministers and others in the old style.· The bedrooms are furnished in older style and have a private bathroom, though they do vary in size.· The blank face will serve the same purpose as old style screens.· The old style, however, persisted.· Restoring old chairs and weaving new old style traditional chairs is an art in itself.
· The differing quality aspects of these zones make it impossible to specify a particular style of wine for Hautvillers.· Bureaucracy is a particular structure and style through which the administration can operate.· Here the break is more explicitly towards a particular style or more general cultural position.· Regular perusal will make clear which journalists might be most sympathetic to your particular style.· Colour masters Rather than any particular style, you may want to base your bedroom scheme on certain colours.· Also used to refer to a complete set of characters forming a family in a particular design or style.· In all cases, we reserve the right to use our discretion in offering students any particular style or type of accommodation.· We also recommend four good quality, value-for-money wines from Sainsbury's, which typify a particular style or region.
· Sununu's abrasive and often arrogant personal style won him few friends during his three-year tenure at the White House.· With his dark good looks and meticulous personal style, he made a lasting, if rather forbidding impression on lay people.· Shabba's dominance of reggae is due to his unique voice, strong personal style and quick wit.· She did, and selected a woman about her own age with a personal style that seemed very similar to hers.· Matters are not improved by his personal style.· In school, Crowell stood out as the girl who eschewed the blandness of fashion in favor of personal style.· This scene may give a rare glimpse of Charles's personal style as king.· Fellini lacked any formal training in cinematography and developed his personal style only after a long apprenticeship as a scriptwriter.
· The bedrooms are furnished in a traditional style and have double glazing.· Separate from these groups was the large mass of youth whose clothes were chain store versions of traditional styles.· Magnet's wide choice of kitchen units includes traditional and modern styles, and prices to fit any budget.· The pension is recently built, but is finished off in the traditional style.· Julius Caesar favoured a traditional style of portrait, but used his image in a regal manner that traditionalists found offensive.· Cast-metal cresting follows faithfully the traditional style.· In just six months a new Hardys & Hansons traditional style pub will have been built on the spot.
NOUN· His leadership style was to maintain power through a combination of force and cunning strategy.· A leadership style that has made her a remarkably effective prime minister would be a crippling liability in the White House.· Anne was not prepared for the more authoritative leadership style that Laura had developed since the old days.· Changes are limited to internal sub-units, focusing on improving leadership styles, building teamwork, and resolving intergroup conflict.· As his early moves and leadership style indicate, Barak personally will determine the agenda and reputation of his government.· Perhaps Jobs should simply be forgiven for what can most kindly be described as an immature leadership style.
· In each case the life style and violent death is similar.· In a no account is taken of the animals' life styles.· The same data are plotted in b but the species are categorised into three different life styles denoted by different symbols.· These benefits seem even more relevant in our present climate of hurried and stressful life styles.· The three dotted lines have different elevations and denote differences in relative organ size associated with changes in life style.· They will share a similar life style which to some degree will distinguish them from members of other social strata.· In the case of birds, we know that meaningful clusters will be associated with birds' life styles.· The young teacher who enjoys his work but also sees it as an attractive life style.
· Comments expressed in the survey revealed that a return to traditional manufacturing techniques and management styles would not be welcomed.· These are, of course, three of the most commonly considered issues in the literature on management style.· Norms are influenced by organizational factors such as policies, management style of superiors, and rules and procedures.· You look at how your bosses ran things and see a lot of different management styles.· More importantly, it helped lots of managers to recognize, and to question, the centralized management style.· While an authority's management style is usually affected by environmental factors there always remains an element of choice.· Perhaps surprisingly, Conran's management style and operating methods have changed little in the light of his vast experience.
VERB· If adopting the tiger style, for instance, the hands would be shaped like claws.· It is often the physician, as the person responsible for the activities required for patient care, who adopts this style.· Now the tags automatically adopt the defined styles.· Guest, adopting the faux documentary style, was only partially successful.· From the 1500s, instruments started to adopt a more familiar style.· I adopted this style of flying.· The rationalization of modern life, suggest those who adopt the functionalist style, must be directly confronted.· There may on occasions be sound educational reasons for adopting a style of interaction in which unfocused questions predominate.
· In Bombay the new stations were built in international concrete style.· For others, the Nutrition Facts are a lifeline for building a healthier eating style.· And giant superstores, fastened to the bypass, and built in the style of the farmer's bothy.· A section on the skyscraper with amazing scale models shows the growth and diversity in this monumental building style.· Moon Beach Central had been built in the style of a temple.· A kitchen, washing facilities and lavatories were to be built, camp style, in the open.· Creating a structure on which to build your style.
· And clubs can't help cashing in - by constantly changing the colour and style of their football strips.· Westy was given far more opportunity to change his style than any of his predecessors.· The impact of this episode upon the efforts to change the style of services for mentally ill patients is hard to conjecture.· You had to change your whole style.· They are what they are and I don't see how they can change their style.· Development involves people; and people must be at the focus of policies and other measures taken to change their living style.· When I got back from training I told myself I would change my style.
· Do it well. Create a style.· Instead, create this style by using Shift-Tab to release the left margin.· The Pro-Style collection has been carefully designed to help create and control all styles on all hair types.· To create great styles from one cut, you need versatile styling products.· A mismatched, haphazard gang of pots looks terrible and it is worth investing some decent money in creating a cohesive style.· To create this light style, the company address and other essential information can be relegated to the bottom of the page.· As Ashton and MacMillan in many of their ballets, he has created a style appropriate to one particular ballet.
· Boyd has developed a distinct style.· The goal is to cut the time it takes to develop new styles of sunglasses and lower costs, said Bausch&.· You can be as elaborate as you like and you will doubtless develop your own style.· He encourages you to develop your own style.· Over the decades the Legion had developed its own style of soldiering.· He developed a political style to match.· Fellini lacked any formal training in cinematography and developed his personal style only after a long apprenticeship as a scriptwriter.
· History books can sometimes be written in a style that is difficult to penetrate.· She resists the polysyllabic playfulness that marks the writing of her brother, Bill, but she writes with clarity and style.· Otherwise the chapter is clear and written in an accessible style, as is the whole volume.· Jance has a very easy, smooth writing style.· It is written in classical textbook style and is full of formulae, equations and flow sheets.· Prolonged sitting also makes you restless, tired, and distracted, which weakens your writing style.· It seems appropriate here to switch our writing style to first person and let Bill Illingworth share his experiences and his insights.· The writer is also encouraged to revise and re-word any subheading to fit his own sense of appropriateness and writing style.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► doggy style/fashion► style-setter/trend-setter/standard-setter etc
- Are tight jeans in style this year?
- Besides that, he used the intimate form of address, tum.
- Both were perceived as amoral sources of power which responded more or less predictably to specific modes of address.
- Even in a formal business letter you should use a personal and human form of address.
- He stuttered nervously before managing to answer herand when he did, he used the masculine form of address.
- Seating arrangements at conferences, forms of address and other issues of this kind remained a continual source of potential difficulty.
- The effect of this intense focus on modes of address is that personal pronouns become unusually prominent.
- The patient should be told of the mode of address used in that particular hospital for professional staff.
- Without the royal family, titles would be just that - forms of address for the self-important to dignify themselves.
- John said he broke up with her because she cramps his style.
- All three, when they achieve greatness, have also an undeniable high style which separates them from the pedestrian mobs.
- Its high register gives brilliance and point when doubling at the octave phrases allotted to other wind instruments or to the violins.
- Like a high, high register.
- Solarium in the back, pillars and driveway fountain and the high style in the front.
- The high registers contain parameters passed from above the current procedure.
- This high style comes from Panache Fresh and simply stunning.
- This method of obscuring chords only in higher registers is quite usual, as it gives a good equilibrium to the harmony.
- We have divided the cellos in order to obtain intensity of tone from their high register.
- Aristos, being of course a complete media and fashion victim, had heard of it and ordered champagne.
- Blast is still going strong though, perhaps because its sound is too loud for wet fashion victims to handle.
- I don't want to be a fashion victim.
- It wasn't about creating quirky objects for kitsch fashion victim consumers, it was about improving the real world.
- Our intention was to dress a model for illustrative purposes, not to create fashion victims.
- Pleats create a weird-looking smock effect, appealing to the adventurous with a touch of fashion victim in them.
- There are a few male fashion victims; all women are victims of fashion.
WORD FAMILYnounstylestylingstylishnessstyliststylisticsstylizationadjectivestylishstylisticstylizedadverbstylishlystylisticallyverbstyle
1way of doing something [countable, uncountable] a particular way of doing, designing, or producing something, especially one that is typical of a particular place, period of time, or group of people: an attempt to use Japanese management style in a European businessstyle of different styles of handwritingBaroque-/Swedish-/country- etc style Cuban-style black beans and rice a Colonial-style house The dinner will be served buffet-style.2somebody’s way of behaving [countable] the particular way that someone behaves, works, or deals with other people: Children have different styles of learning: some learn by seeing, some by hearing, some by doing.be more somebody’s style (=used to say that you prefer something) I don’t think the parachuting weekend is for me – the art class is more my style. I like your style (=approve of the way you do things), Simpson. I can’t ask a man out – it’s not my style (=it is not the way I usually behave).3art/literature/music [countable, uncountable] a typical way of writing, painting etc that is used by a particular person or during a particular period of time: The paintings are in an expressionistic style. Hemingway’s direct stylein the style of somebody/something a play in the style of classical Greek tragedy4fashion/design a)[countable] a particular design or fashion for something such as clothes, hair, furniture etc SYN fashion: Car styles have changed radically in the past 20 years.traditional/modern style The rooms are furnished in a modern style. b)[uncountable] the quality of being fashionable: young women interested in style rather than comfortin/out of style Long skirts are back in style.5attractive quality [uncountable] a confident and attractive quality that makes people admire you, and that is shown in your appearance, or the way you do things: You may not like her, but she certainly has style. The team played with style. → stylish6correct writing [uncountable] a way of using words or spelling that is considered correct: It’s not good style to use abbreviations in an essay.7in style done in a way that people admire, especially because it is unusual, shows great determination, or involves spending a lot of moneyin great/grand/fine etc style Nadal won the match in fine style, not losing a single game. → cramp somebody’s style at cramp2, lifestylestyle1 nounstyle2 verb
stylestyle2 AWL verb [transitive] VERB TABLE
style
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | style |
| he, she, it | styles | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | styled |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have styled |
| he, she, it | has styled | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had styled |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will style |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have styled |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am styling |
| he, she, it | is styling | |
| you, we, they | are styling | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was styling |
| you, we, they | were styling | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been styling |
| he, she, it | has been styling | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been styling |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be styling |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been styling |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- I only let Betty style my hair.
- The car was styled and engineered by Ford and Mazda.
- However researchers might style themselves-methodological individualists or collectivists-all social scientific research adopts a methodology that is implicitly individualistic.
- It was definitely easier to style and I would use it again without a doubt.
- Nygaard styles herself as a bruiser, reluctant to leave the interior.
WORD SETS
cross-hatching, nouncutaway, adjectivedesigner, noundrawing board, nounemblem, nounengrave, verbengraving, nounetch, verbetching, nounflowery, adjectivefluted, adjectiveherringbone, nounincise, verbinlaid, adjectivepaisley, nounpatterned, adjectiveplot, nounreticulated, adjectiveschema, nounscroll, nounsection, nounstyle, verbswirl, nountracing, nountracing paper, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES furnished in a baroque style his flamboyant style of play a hands-off style of management He entertained us in his own inimitable style. the lapidary style of the poem She has a fairly relaxed approach to housework.
furnished in a baroque style his flamboyant style of play a hands-off style of management He entertained us in his own inimitable style. the lapidary style of the poem She has a fairly relaxed approach to housework. (=particular part of a newspaper)
· Choose a racket that suits your style of play.
· Different newspapers tend to use different writing styles.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· You can do this by using different after shaves and mouthwashes, and putting different styling products in your hair.· Before you style your hair, lift sections of hair and spray with hairspray, concentrating on the root area.· She was well built, with strong features, and she styled her dark brown hair in what they called earphones.· After I had styled my hair it felt very soft and silky and it also seemed much thicker and more glossy.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► doggy style/fashion► style-setter/trend-setter/standard-setter etc
- Besides that, he used the intimate form of address, tum.
- Both were perceived as amoral sources of power which responded more or less predictably to specific modes of address.
- Even in a formal business letter you should use a personal and human form of address.
- He stuttered nervously before managing to answer herand when he did, he used the masculine form of address.
- Seating arrangements at conferences, forms of address and other issues of this kind remained a continual source of potential difficulty.
- The effect of this intense focus on modes of address is that personal pronouns become unusually prominent.
- The patient should be told of the mode of address used in that particular hospital for professional staff.
- Without the royal family, titles would be just that - forms of address for the self-important to dignify themselves.
- John said he broke up with her because she cramps his style.
- All three, when they achieve greatness, have also an undeniable high style which separates them from the pedestrian mobs.
- Its high register gives brilliance and point when doubling at the octave phrases allotted to other wind instruments or to the violins.
- Like a high, high register.
- Solarium in the back, pillars and driveway fountain and the high style in the front.
- The high registers contain parameters passed from above the current procedure.
- This high style comes from Panache Fresh and simply stunning.
- This method of obscuring chords only in higher registers is quite usual, as it gives a good equilibrium to the harmony.
- We have divided the cellos in order to obtain intensity of tone from their high register.
- Aristos, being of course a complete media and fashion victim, had heard of it and ordered champagne.
- Blast is still going strong though, perhaps because its sound is too loud for wet fashion victims to handle.
- I don't want to be a fashion victim.
- It wasn't about creating quirky objects for kitsch fashion victim consumers, it was about improving the real world.
- Our intention was to dress a model for illustrative purposes, not to create fashion victims.
- Pleats create a weird-looking smock effect, appealing to the adventurous with a touch of fashion victim in them.
- There are a few male fashion victims; all women are victims of fashion.
WORD FAMILYnounstylestylingstylishnessstyliststylisticsstylizationadjectivestylishstylisticstylizedadverbstylishlystylisticallyverbstyle
1to design clothing, furniture, or the shape of someone’s hair in a particular way: These shoes have been styled for maximum comfort. She has her hair styled by Giorgio.2style yourself something formal to give yourself a particular title or name: They style themselves ‘the terrible twins’.3style it out British English informal to make an effort to appear relaxed and confident, especially when you have done something embarrassing → self-styled