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# style

«style» in Mova's school dictionary: **a particular way of doing, making or saying something: a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a style, styles; style — uncountable); verb (style, styles, styled, styling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A style is a particular way of doing, making or saying something: a style of writing, swimming or painting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/style/#m1)

2) A fashion or design for clothes or hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/style/#m2)

3) Style is being elegant or doing something in an impressive way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/style/#m3)

4) (verb) To style hair or clothes is to arrange them in a certain way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/style/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Used in English lessons: an author's style, formal and informal style. In art: painting in the style of a famous artist. In swimming: freestyle, backstroke. In everyday life: hairstyle, fashion styles. Phrases: "in style", "out of style", "in the style of".

### examples

- I like her style of writing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/style/#x1)
- We painted in the style of Van Gogh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/style/#x2)
- Front crawl is a swimming style. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/style/#x3)
- That jacket is the latest style. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/style/#x4)
- He won the race in style. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/style/#x5)
- The hairdresser styled my hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/style/#x6)
- Write your letter in a formal style. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/style/#x7)
- “Messy style of feeding, that,” said Kotick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/style/#x8)

### note

Countable for kinds (styles), uncountable for elegance (she has style). Adjective: stylish. Do not confuse with "stile" (steps over a fence), which sounds the same.

### In the corpora

- [Teachers know how their pupils usually write, so a sudden fancy style stands out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/8/)
- [Chatbots have a typical style, with words like "furthermore" and "in conclusion", that teachers learn to notice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/9/)
- [Teachers can often tell when work is not a pupil's own, by style, knowledge and mistakes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/10-using-ai-to-learn-not-to-copy/13/)
- [An app that imitates a famous person who has died is a bot copying a style; the person is not there.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/13/)
- [Van Gogh painted his own versions of prints by the Japanese artist Hiroshige to learn from them, and that influence changed his style.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «style» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/style/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.