idiom
IPA: ˈɪdiʌm
noun
- A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
- (programming) A programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language.
- A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc.
- An established phrasal expression whose meaning may not be deducible from the literal meanings of its component words.
- An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style.
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Examples of "idiom" in Sentences
- The origin of this idiom is uncertain.
- Le Brocquy breaths life into the modish idiom.
- The devil is in the details, to employ an idiom.
- Both of the mentioned terms refer to the same idiom.
- The album title is a double pun on the German idioms.
- There is some speculation as to the origin of the idiom.
- The Greek idiom translates as "into the ages of the ages."
- Gwen admits she does not understand the nuances of the idiom.
- Thanks for the kind words and the interesting exchange about idiom.
- It is an idiom for the unbeatable move, or the last word in an argument.
- The expressions of nature become the basis of an increasingly abstract idiom.
- In fact, the word idiom comes from the Greek root idio, meaning a unique signature.
- The true meaning of this idiom is "Something or someone that is expected to succeed".
- Keeping only the title idiom from Jolson's hit, the Chatmon composition stands a New York story on its head.
- And when exactly does an idiom become an idiom: is let out in I let the dress out a phrasal verb, but in Who let the dogs out not?
- Duck, in this idiom is short for duck's egg, a British variant of goose egg, meaning ` zero '(or nil, as the British prefer to express it in scoring).
- This comes on the heels of Jan Freeman discussing the dance attention/attendance idiom from the Amy Vanderbilt post in her column in the Boston Globe (which also runs syndicated in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette).
- You might have noticed by now that the keywords Mr. McWhorter has chosen to mark "language-ness" spell out the word "idiom"—which is apt, in that idioms are the parts of language that are the most ingrown, disheveled, intricate, oral and mixed.