à la
Americanpreposition
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according to; in the manner of.
a short poem à la Ogden Nash.
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Cooking.
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prepared in the manner of, to the taste of, or by.
chicken à la provençale.
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prepared with the ingredient of.
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preposition
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in the manner or style of
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as prepared in (a particular place) or by or for (a particular person)
Etymology
Origin of à la
First recorded in 1580–90; from French: short for à la mode de “in the style of”; à “at, in, to,” from Latin ad ad- ( def. ); la, feminine of le “the,” from Latin ille “that” ( alligator ( def. ) )
Example Sentences
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He’s even started to ponder how the movie could be expanded to fit the venue’s enormous wraparound screen à la Sphere’s theme-park-like take on “The Wizard of Oz.”
From Los Angeles Times
In Soviet days, Mr. Mian is told by a well-placed 35-year-old he meets, “Russians had very strict ideas about good and evil,” but in the 1990s, unfortunately, “everyone started to decide for themselves, à la carte,” what was right and wrong.
Evenepoel has been in fine form this year, also winning the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana stage race earlier this month.
From Barron's
In these fast-moving, unpredictable times, Europe's leaders are increasingly turning to a la carte coalitions, alongside traditional organisations like Nato or the EU, which are larger and therefore often slower to react.
From BBC
Así que, cuando saltó a la cancha para disputar el All-Star Game en el Intuit Dome, el domingo, Leonard, uno de los últimos elegidos para la exhibición de mitad de temporada, estaba decidido a dar un espectáculo a los aficionados de su ciudad natal.
From Los Angeles Times
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