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| n. (attribute) | 1. fashion, manner, mode, style, way | how something is done or how it happens.; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" |
| ~ property | a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class.; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles" |
| ~ artistic style, idiom | the style of a particular artist or school or movement.; "an imaginative orchestral idiom" |
| ~ drape | the manner in which fabric hangs or falls.; "she adjusted the drape of her skirt" |
| ~ fit | the manner in which something fits.; "I admired the fit of her coat" |
| ~ form | a particular mode in which something is manifested.; "his resentment took the form of extreme hostility" |
| ~ life-style, life style, lifestyle, modus vivendi | a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes. |
| ~ setup | the way something is organized or arranged.; "it takes time to learn the setup around here" |
| ~ signature, touch | a distinguishing style.; "this room needs a woman's touch" |
| ~ wise | a way of doing or being.; "in no wise"; "in this wise" |
| ~ response | the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals. |
| n. (communication) | 2. expressive style, style | a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period.; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper" |
| ~ communication | something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups. |
| ~ artistic creation, artistic production, art | the creation of beautiful or significant things.; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" |
| ~ language, linguistic communication | a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols.; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written" |
| ~ allegory | an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor. |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| ~ analysis | the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father'. |
| ~ bathos | triteness or triviality of style. |
| ~ black humor, black humour | the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect. |
| ~ device | something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect. |
| ~ eloquence, fluency, smoothness | powerful and effective language.; "his eloquence attracted a large congregation"; "fluency in spoken and written English is essential"; "his oily smoothness concealed his guilt from the police" |
| ~ euphuism | any artificially elegant style of language. |
| ~ flatness | a want of animation or brilliance.; "the almost self-conscious flatness of Hemingway's style" |
| ~ formulation, expression | the style of expressing yourself.; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared" |
| ~ grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric | high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation.; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language" |
| ~ headlinese | using the abbreviated style of headline writers. |
| ~ jargon | specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject. |
| ~ journalese | the style in which newspapers are written. |
| ~ legalese | a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law. |
| ~ manner of speaking, delivery, speech | your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally.; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech" |
| ~ music genre, musical genre, musical style, genre | an expressive style of music. |
| ~ officialese | the style of writing characteristic of some government officials: formal and obscure. |
| ~ pathos | a style that has the power to evoke feelings. |
| ~ prose | matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression. |
| ~ rhetoric | using language effectively to please or persuade. |
| ~ coarseness, saltiness | language or humor that is down-to-earth.; "the saltiness of their language was inappropriate"; "self-parody and saltiness riddled their core genre" |
| ~ self-expression | the expression of one's individuality (usually through creative activities). |
| ~ sesquipedality | using long words. |
| ~ terseness | a neatly short and concise expressive style. |
| ~ turn of expression, turn of phrase | a distinctive spoken or written expression.; "John's succinct turn of phrase persuaded her that it would not be a good idea" |
| ~ vein | a distinctive style or manner.; "he continued in this vein for several minutes" |
| ~ verboseness, verbosity | an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words. |
| ~ literary genre, writing style, genre | a style of expressing yourself in writing. |
| ~ poetry | any communication resembling poetry in beauty or the evocation of feeling. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. style | a particular kind (as to appearance).; "this style of shoe is in demand" |
| ~ kind, sort, form, variety | a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality.; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?" |
| n. (cognition) | 4. style, trend, vogue | the popular taste at a given time.; "leather is the latest vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style of their own" |
| ~ appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness, taste | delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values).; "arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste" |
| ~ new look | a style of women's clothing created by Christian Dior in 1947; involved a tight bodice and narrow waist and a flowing pleated skirt. |
| ~ fashion | the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior. |
| ~ bandwagon | a popular trend that attracts growing support.; "when they saw how things were going everybody jumped on the bandwagon" |
| n. (plant) | 5. style | (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma. |
| ~ phytology, botany | the branch of biology that studies plants. |
| ~ reproductive structure | the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction. |
| ~ pistil | the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma. |
| ~ stylopodium | an enlargement at the base of the style in some Umbelliferae. |
| ~ stigma | the apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil. |
| ~ corn silk, cornsilk | each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn. |
| n. (communication) | 6. style | editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display. |
| ~ instruction, direction | a message describing how something is to be done.; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them" |
| n. (attribute) | 7. dash, elan, flair, panache, style | distinctive and stylish elegance.; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer" |
| ~ elegance | a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste.; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility" |
| n. (artifact) | 8. style, stylus | a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving.; "he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus" |
| ~ tool | an implement used in the practice of a vocation. |
| n. (animal) | 9. style | a slender bristlelike or tubular process.; "a cartilaginous style" |
| ~ stylet | small needlelike appendage; especially the feeding organ of a tardigrade. |
| ~ appendage, outgrowth, process | a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant.; "a bony process" |
| v. (communication) | 10. style, title | designate by an identifying term.; "They styled their nation `The Confederate States'" |
| ~ call, name | assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to.; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader" |
| v. (creation) | 11. style | make consistent with a certain fashion or style.; "Style my hair"; "style the dress" |
| ~ fashion | the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior. |
| ~ pompadour | style women's hair in a pompadour. |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| v. (communication) | 12. style | make consistent with certain rules of style.; "style a manuscript" |
| ~ write | communicate or express by writing.; "Please write to me every week" |
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