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idiom

 
Noun idiom has 4 senses
  1. parlance, idiom - a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
    --1 is a kind of formulation, expression
  2. 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
  3. 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:
     baroque, baroqueness; classical style; order; rococo; High Renaissance; treatment; neoclassicism; classicism; romanticism
  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
    --4 is a kind of saying, expression, locution
    --4 has particulars: ruralism, rusticism
idiocrasy idiocrocy idiocy idiocyncresy idiographic idiolatry idiolect idiology idiom idiom neutral idioma idiomas idiomatic idiomatic expression idiomatic phrases idiomatic sentences idiomatical

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