Style Wide Suit Staɪl Range Learning Management I

• a wide range of musical styles
• they want a wide range of learning resources to suit different learning styles.
• a management style
• a style of management

style

1. the particular way in which something is done
• SEE ALSO lifestyle
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/lifestyle
• a wide range of musical styles
• They want a wide range of learning resources to suit different learning styles.
• a management style
• a style of management
• furniture to suit your style of living
• His aggressive style of play sometimes gets him in trouble.
• I really enjoy playing this style of music.
• I like your style (= I like the way you do things).
• Caution was not her style (= not the way she usually behaved).
• I'm surprised he rides a motorbike—I'd have thought big cars were more his style (= what suited him).

Extra Examples

• He adapted his acting style to suit the material.
• She was dressed in casual style.
• The article is written in a conversational style.
• The pianist had to tailor his style to suit the vocalist's distinctive voice.
• Her style differs from that of many of her contemporaries.
• a casual style of speech
• an autocratic leadership style
• er inimitable style of humour
• a study of different teaching styles
2. a particular design of something, especially clothes
• SEE ALSO hairstyle
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/hairstyle
• We stock a wide variety of styles and sizes.
• Have you thought about having your hair in a shorter style?
• a style that was popular in the 1950s
3. the quality of being fashionable in the clothes that you wear
• style-conscious teenagers
• My husband has no sense of style.
• Short skirts are back in style (= fashionable).
• They still refer to her as a style guru and a trend-setter.
4. the quality of being attractive and made or done to a high standard
• The hotel has been redecorated but it's lost a lot of its style.
• This movie is all surface style and no substance.
• She does everything with style and grace.

Extra Examples

• Long velvet curtains add a touch of style to the main room.
• The whole house just oozed style.
• Whatever she did, she did it with style.
5. the features of a book, painting, building, etc. that make it typical of a particular author, artist, historical period, etc.
• a style of architecture
• a fine example of Gothic style
• The film has a unique visual style.
• He developed a distinctive style of painting.
• a parody written in the style of Molière
• The palace was rebuilt in the same style.

Extra Examples

• They were told to write the passage in the style of Hemingway.
• He attempted to sing the song in the style of Elvis Presley.
• The city contains many different styles of architecture.
• The two artists have radically different styles.
• The new houses have been built in a traditional style.
• The 16th century house has been renovated and furnished in contemporary style.
• He evolved his style of painting while working as a magazine illustrator.
6. the correct use of language
• It's not considered good style to start a sentence with ‘but’.
• Please follow house style (= the rules of spelling, etc. used by a particular publishing company).
7. having the type of style mentioned
• SEE ALSO family-style
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/family-style_2
• Italian-style gardens
• a buffet-style breakfast
8. the long, thin part of a flower that carries the stigma
9. to stop somebody from behaving in the way they want to
• She didn’t want me to go with her to the party in case I cramped her style.
10. in an impressive way
• She always celebrates her birthday in style.
• He won the championship in great style.

Word Origin

• Middle English (denoting a stylus, also a literary composition, an official title, or a characteristic manner of literary expression): from Old French stile, from Latin stilus. The verb dates (first in sense (2)) from the early 16th cent.