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stylebook

stylebook

1 4.8
A book that gives rules for writing, grammar, and formatting
  • noun
  • /ˈstaɪlˌbʊk/
  • Literature
translation icon : manual de estilo
  • For example: The Associated Press Stylebook, The Chicago Manual of Style.
  • APA stylebook

Examples

  • Although the stylebook is designed to help you prepare your manuscript, lack of familiarity with the stylebook can cause apprehension.

    Academic text (2002)

  • AP bases the stylebook on the practices of its member newspapers, but its member newspapers look to it for guidance.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Today the stylebook is in its fifth edition.

    Academic text (2002)

  • So goes our relationship with the APA stylebook.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Of course, an instructor may allow differences in format; refer to Chapter 6 of the APA stylebook.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The APA stylebook limits its discussions to those situations that have more than one option for punctuation.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Like anything new, the APA stylebook ceases to be intimidating when you learn about it and practice it.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The fifth edition of the APA stylebook dedicates 29 pages to constructing tables, and coverage is quite comprehensive and clear.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Discussion of hyphenation fills up five full pages of the APA stylebook, and APA's uses of hyphenation resemble many other up-to-date stylebooks.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The AP stylebook provides comprehensive guidelines for writing news articles and other publications.

Synonyms

style sheet
vsstylebook
4.1

A document listing rules for writers and editors to prepare text for publication

gives fuller rules and guidelines for writing, formatting, and language use

Antonyms

freestyle
9 4.1

A way of performing with no fixed rules that lets people use their own moves or words

informality
4 4.9

A relaxed, casual way of behaving without strict rules

How Prescriptive

policy
∞ 2.7
stylebook
  • Literature
1 4.8
manual
208 2.8
cheat sheet
8 3.4

Surface Forms

stylebook singular
stylebooks plural

Morphology

stylebook = style + book (transparent) = style + book

Compound of 'style' + 'book' meaning a book about style (writing/formatting), which an average learner can derive from the parts.

Etymology

Stylebook combines style ('a way of writing or doing things') and book ('a set of pages'). So a stylebook is a 'book of style' that gives the rules writers follow for writing and formatting.