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idiom


 
  Grep  of  noun  idiom 
  idiom 
  idiom  neutral 
  idiomatic  expression 
  phrasal  idiom 
 
  Overview  of  noun  idiom 
 
  The  noun  idiom  has  4  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  parlance,  idiom  --  (a  manner  of  speaking  that  is  natural  to  native  speakers  of  a  language) 
  2.  (1)  dialect,  idiom,  accent  --  (the  usage  or  vocabulary  that  is  characteristic  of  a  specific  group  of  people;  "the  immigrants  spoke  an  odd  dialect  of  English";  "he  has  a  strong  German  accent") 
  3.  (1)  artistic  style,  idiom  --  (the  style  of  a  particular  artist  or  school  or  movement;  "an  imaginative  orchestral  idiom") 
  4.  idiom,  idiomatic  expression,  phrasal  idiom,  set  phrase,  phrase  --  (an  expression  whose  meanings  cannot  be  inferred  from  the  meanings  of  the  words  that  make  it  up) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  idiom 
  idiomatic 
  idiomatical 
 
  Overview  of  noun  idiom 
 
  The  noun  idiom  has  4  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  parlance,  idiom  --  (a  manner  of  speaking  that  is  natural  to  native  speakers  of  a  language) 
  2.  (1)  dialect,  idiom,  accent  --  (the  usage  or  vocabulary  that  is  characteristic  of  a  specific  group  of  people;  "the  immigrants  spoke  an  odd  dialect  of  English";  "he  has  a  strong  German  accent") 
  3.  (1)  artistic  style,  idiom  --  (the  style  of  a  particular  artist  or  school  or  movement;  "an  imaginative  orchestral  idiom") 
  4.  idiom,  idiomatic  expression,  phrasal  idiom,  set  phrase,  phrase  --  (an  expression  whose  meanings  cannot  be  inferred  from  the  meanings  of  the  words  that  make  it  up) 



idiom definition