style

noun

• 1a particular procedure by which something is done; a manner or way:different styles of management
• a way of painting, writing, composing, building, etc., characteristic of a particular period, place, person, or movement: the concerto is composed in a neoclassical style a striking feature of Swift’s style is his use of conjunctions
• a way of using language:he never wrote in a journalistic style [mass noun]:students should pay attention to style and idiom
• [usually with negative] (one's style) one’s usual way of behaving or approaching situations:backing out isn’t my style
• an official or legal title:the partnership traded under the style of Storr and Mortimer

• 2a distinctive appearance, typically determined by the principles according to which something is designed:the pillars are no exception to the general style
• a particular design of clothing: his shoes were in a style that he could wear anywhere
• a way of arranging the hair: for a glamorous style, hair was brushed out after setting

• 3 [mass noun] elegance and sophistication:a sophisticated nightspot with style and taste

• 4 Botany (in a flower) a narrow, typically elongated extension of the ovary, bearing the stigma.

• 5 Zoology (in an invertebrate) a small, slender pointed appendage; a stylet.

• 6archaic term for stylus (sense 2).

verb

• 1design or make in a particular form:the yacht is well proportioned and conservatively styled
• arrange (hair) in a particular way:he styled her hair by twisting it up to give it body

• 2 [with object and complement] designate with a particular name, description, or title:the official is styled principal and vice chancellor of the university