house style

noun

All the characteristics, conventions and use of colour and language of a house (company, institution, website, etc.) that serve to make it self-consistent and (in some cases also) distinct from others.

“Don't take it personally if your editor imposes the Oxford comma — it's merely an aspect of house style.”

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Meanings

nounhouse style (plural house styles)

plural house styles

  1. All the characteristics, conventions and use of colour and language of a house (company, institution, website, etc.) that serve to make it self-consistent and (in some cases also) distinct from others.

    Don't take it personally if your editor imposes the Oxford comma — it's merely an aspect of house style.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see house, style; for example, residential decorating or architectural type.
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APA

house style. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house%20style

MLA

“house style.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house%20style. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “house style,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house%20style.

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