idiom

IPA: ˈɪdiʌm

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.

Examples of "idiom" in Sentences

The Greek idiom translates as "into the ages of the ages."
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.