Definition of Stylebook

1. Noun. A manual containing an organization's standardized usage conventions for how to write. All newspapers and other media have a stylebook, which is sometimes sold to the public. The stylebook usually includes which dictionary is to be taken as definitive for spelling. ¹

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Definition of Stylebook

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stylebook

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stying
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style
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stylebook (current term)
stylebooks
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stylet
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Literary usage of Stylebook

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Practical Ideas for Teaching Writing As a Process by Carol B. Olson (1996)
"More telling than discussing Mechanics only acceptable (six or seven errors) May not follow the stylebook consistently; appearance may be only fair D Level ..."

2. Imposition: A Handbook for Printers by Frederick James Trezie (1907)
"stylebook of the Chicago Society of Proofreaders, 30 cents. Typographic stylebook, 50 cents. Wilson's Treatise on Punctuation, $1.10. ..."

3. The English Journal by National Council of Teachers of English (1919)
"stylebook of the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering. Compiled by GEORGE SUMMEY, JR. State College Record, Vol. 18, No. i. ..."

4. The Journal of Home Economics by American Home Economics Association (1915)
"It has proved very popular, and last fall it was incorporated in the stylebook of a large pattern firm. "Everyday clothing, because it is worn the most, ..."

5. History of American Journalism by James Melvin Lee (1917)
"... either work or duty: its code of ethics, not yet codified like those of medicine and of law, had been, like its stylebook, individualistic in character. ..."

6. History of American Journalism by James Melvin Lee (1917)
"... either work or duty: its code of ethics, not yet codified like those of medicine and of law, had been, like its stylebook, individualistic in character. ..."

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