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Meaning of 'idiom' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Idiom [ n.]
- The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language; the genius or cast of a language.
- An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural form of a language; in extend use, an expression sanctioned by usage, having a sense peculiar to itself and not agreeing with the logical sense of its structural form; also, the phrase forms peculiar to a particular author.
- Dialect; a variant form of a language.

Meaning of 'idiom' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . idiom [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the style of a particular artist or school or movement
Example in sentence:
  • an imaginative orchestral idiom
Meaning (2):
- the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
Example in sentence:
  • he has a strong German accent;
  • it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy;
  • the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English

Nearby Words:

idio- idioblast idiocracy idiocrasies idiocrasis idiocratic idiocratical idiocy idiocyclophanous idioelectric

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