transcription, транскрипция: [ staɪl ]
( styles, styling, styled)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
The style of something is the general way in which it is done or presented, which often shows the attitudes of the people involved.
Our children’s different needs and learning styles created many problems...
Belmont Park is a broad sweeping track which will suit the European style of running...
N-COUNT : with supp , also in adj N
2.
If people or places have style , they are smart and elegant.
Bournemouth, you have to admit, has style...
Both love doing things in style...
She had not lost her grace and style.
N-UNCOUNT : oft in N
3.
The style of a product is its design.
His 50 years of experience have given him strong convictions about style...
Several styles of hat were available.
N-VAR
4.
In the arts, a particular style is characteristic of a particular period or group of people.
...six scenes in the style of a classical Greek tragedy.
...a mixture of musical styles.
N-COUNT : usu with supp
5.
If something such as a piece of clothing, a vehicle, or someone’s hair is styled in a particular way, it is designed or shaped in that way.
His thick blond hair had just been styled before his trip.
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed
6.
see also old-style , self-styled , styling
7.
to cramp someone’s style: see cramp