Entry Word: style

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a distinctive way of putting ideas into words <I correctly identified the quotation because I recognized Mark Twain's inimitable style>

Synonyms fashion, locution, manner, mode, phraseology, tone, vein

Related Words delivery, elocution; archaism, colloquialism, regionalism; acceptation, connotation, denotation, idiom

2 the means or procedure for doing something <unfortunately, the club presidentʼs usual style was to make plans without asking anyoneʼs advice or approval> — see method
3 a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time <parents who were very relieved when the style for having oneʼs nose pierced faded> — see fad