stylenoun
uk/staɪl/us/staɪl/style noun (WAY)
B1 [ C or U ] a way of doing something, especially one that is typical of a person, group of people, place, or period:
to be the type of thing that you would do:
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- a flamboyant style of choreography
- a conversational style of writing
- Most of her films have a documentary style.
- This painting perfectly exemplifies the naturalistic style that was so popular at the time.
- Paul has a hands-off style of management.
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Ways of achieving things
- a means to an end idiom
- actively
- another
- approach
- avenue
- basis
- fair
- jump
- mean
- medium
- mixed media
- modality
- modus operandi
- one way or another idiom
- one-handed
- resort
- vein
- what's the drill for sth? idiom
- whereby
- workings
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style noun (FASHION)
B1 [ C or U ] fashion, especially in clothing:
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- He has plenty of money but no style.
- So how did a diminutive Australian soap star get to be this great icon of style and beauty?
- He reads all the latest style magazines.
- I like her style.
- Black is always in style.
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Fashion
- clothes horse
- collection
- come
- couture
- cover girl
- designer
- fashion
- fashionista
- haute couture
- high street
- look
- mannequin
- milliner
- mode
- model
- steampunk
- supermodel
- swag
- the fashion police
- trend
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style noun (DESIGN)
B1 [ C ] a particular shape or design, especially of a person's hair, clothes, or a piece of furniture:
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- a plain style of architecture
- Prince Charles condemned the assertively modernist style of architecture.
- Their house was decorated in a style that was not to my taste.
- The school uniform is quasi-military in style.
- She had her hair cut in a boyish style.
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Categories and varieties
- animal
- brand
- category
- classification
- food group
- form
- genre
- hue
- ilk
- incarnation
- kind
- matter
- model
- mould
- order
- take
- type
- typology
- variety
- version
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style noun (HIGH QUALITY)
B2 [ U ] approving high quality in appearance, design, or behaviour:
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Attractive
- a sight for sore eyes idiom
- adorable
- aesthetic
- alluring
- angelic
- disarm
- distinguished
- dreamy
- easy
- elegant
- noble
- not be just a pretty face idiom
- ornamental
- photogenic
- photograph
- voluptuous
- well built
- winning
- winsome
- zaftig
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style noun (FLOWER PART)
[ C ] specialized biology the middle part of the carpel (= female part) of a flower, connecting the ovary to the stigma
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Parts of plants
- aerial root
- bud
- cambium
- cane
- corm
- cotyledon
- fig leaf
- frond
- lamina
- leafless
- lily pad
- meristem
- micropyle
- nectary
- needle
- rootstock
- testa
- the treetops
- trunk
- twig
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Idiom(s)
styleverb [ T ]
uk/staɪl/us/staɪl/style verb [ T ] (DESIGN)
to shape or design something such as a person's hair or an object like a piece of clothing or furniture, especially so that it looks attractive:
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- I think they could style her hair in a more flattering way.
- Her hair was styled to look like a 50s movie star.
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Patterns and shapes
- amorphous
- arabesque
- argyle
- bar
- cake
- contour
- geometry
- marbled
- misshapen
- motif
- mottled
- paisley
- silhouette
- spotted
- streak
- stripe
- striped
- stripy
- styloid
- take shape idiom
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style verb [ T ] (TITLE)
to give a title to a person or group: