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plural of style
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(Entry 1 of 2)
1
a distinctive way of putting ideas into words
- I correctly identified the quotation because I recognized Mark Twain's inimitable style
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2
the means or procedure for doing something
- unfortunately, the club president's usual style is to make decisions without asking anyone's advice or approval
Synonyms for styles
- approaches,
- fashions,
- forms,
- hows,
- manners,
- methodologies,
- methods,
- recipes,
- strategies,
- systems,
- tacks,
- tactics,
- techniques,
- ways
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- blueprints,
- designs,
- game plans,
- games,
- ground plans,
- intrigues,
- layouts,
- lines,
- models,
- plans,
- plots,
- programs,
- routes,
- schemes
3
a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time
- parents who were very relieved when the style for having one's nose pierced faded
Synonyms for styles
- buzzes,
- chics,
- crazes,
- dernier cris,
- enthusiasms,
- fads,
- fashions,
- flavors,
- hot tickets,
- last words,
- modes,
- rages,
- sensations,
- tons,
- trends,
- vogues
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styles
verb
present tense third-person singular of style
Synonyms of styles (Entry 2 of 2)
to give a name to
- although nowadays he's often styled a biologist, he's probably better thought of as a classic 19th-century naturalist
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