Idiom - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈɪdɪəm|
Brit.
|ˈɪdɪəm|
noun
- a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language (syn: parlance)
- the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people (syn: accent, dialect)
- the style of a particular artist or school or movement
- the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people (syn: accent, dialect)
- the style of a particular artist or school or movement
an imaginative orchestral idiom
- an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up (syn: phrase)Extra examples
The expression “give way,” meaning “retreat,” is an idiom.
His work seemed to many a new musical idiom.
...a deliberately inharmonious piece of music in the modern idiom...
Word forms
noun
singular: idiom
plural: idioms
singular: idiom
plural: idioms
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