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2 N‑UNCOUNT [oft in N ] 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.

3 N‑VAR 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.

4 N‑COUNT 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.

5 VERB [usu passive] 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. □ [be V -ed] His thick blond hair had just been styled before his trip.

6 → see also old-style , self-styled , styling

7to cramp someone's style → see cramp

-style /-sta I l/

1 COMB [usu ADJ n] -style combines with nouns and adjectives to form adjectives which describe the style or characteristics of something. □  …the development of a Western-style political system. □  …a hearty country-style dinner.

2 COMB [ADV after v] -style combines with adjectives and nouns to form adverbs which describe how something is done. □  Guests have been asked to dress 1920s-style.

styl|ing /sta I l I ŋ/

1 N‑UNCOUNT The styling of an object is the design and appearance of it. □  The car neatly blends classic styling into a smooth modern package.

2 N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] The styling of someone's hair is the way in which it is cut and arranged. □  …shampoos and styling products.

3 → see also style

styl|ised /sta I la I zd/ → see stylized

styl|ish /sta I l I ʃ/ ADJ Someone or something that is stylish is smart, elegant, and fashionable. □  …a very attractive and very stylish woman of 27. □  …a varied choice of stylish designs. ●  styl|ish|ly ADV □  …stylishly dressed middle-aged women.

styl|ist /sta I l I st/ (stylists )

1 N‑COUNT A stylist is a person whose job is to cut and arrange people's hair. □  Choose a stylist recommended by someone whose hair you like.

2 N‑COUNT A stylist is someone whose job is to create the style of something such as an advertisement or the image of people such as pop singers. □  She is now a writer and fashion stylist.

sty|lis|tic /sta I l I st I k/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Stylistic describes things relating to the methods and techniques used in creating a piece of writing, music, or art. □  There are some stylistic elements in the statue that just don't make sense.

styl|ized /sta I la I zd/ in BRIT, also use stylised ADJ Something that is stylized is shown or done in a way that is not natural in order to create an artistic effect. □  Some of it has to do with recent stage musicals, which have been very, very stylised.

sty|lus /sta I ləs/ (styluses )

1 N‑COUNT The stylus on a record player is the small needle that picks up the sound signals on the records.

2 N‑COUNT A stylus is a device like a pen with which you can input written text or drawing directly into a computer. [COMPUTING ] □  It has a stylus-operated on-screen keyboard that takes great skill to master.

sty|mie /sta I mi/ (stymies , stymieing , stymied ) VERB [usu passive] If you are stymied by something, you find it very difficult to take action or to continue what you are doing. [INFORMAL ] □ [be V -ed] Companies have been stymied by the length of time it takes to reach an agreement.

styro|foam /sta I ə rəfoʊm/ N‑UNCOUNT Styrofoam is a very light, plastic substance, used especially to make containers. [AM ] in BRIT, use polystyrene