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Noun idiom has 4 senses
- parlance, idiom - a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
--1 is a kind of formulation, expression
- 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"
--2 is a kind of non-standard speech
--2 has particulars: eye dialect; patois
- artistic style, idiom - the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom"
--3 is a kind of manner, mode, style, way, fashion
--3 has particulars:
- 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
--4 is a kind of saying, expression, locution
--4 has particulars: ruralism, rusticism
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