style
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French estile (French: style), from Latin stilus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
style (plural styles)
- A manner of doing things, especially a fashionable one.
- (botany) the stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.
- A traditional or legal term preceding a reference to a person who holds a title or post.
- A traditional or legal term used to address a person who holds a title or post.
- (nonstandard) stylus
- (computing) A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as bold or italic.
- applying styles to text in a wordprocessor
- Cascading Style Sheets
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
manner of doing things
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connector between ovary and stigma
term preceding a reference to a person
term to address a person
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See also[edit]
Verb[edit]
style (third-person singular simple present styles, present participle styling, simple past and past participle styled)
- To create or give a style, fashion or image.
- To call or give a name or title.
- 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 10
- Marianne’s preserver, as Margaret, with more elegance than precision, stiled [sic] Willoughby, called at the cottage early the next morning to make his personal inquiries.
- 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, chapter 10
Translations[edit]
to create or give a style
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin stilus.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
style m (plural styles)
