what does idiom mean?
IDIOM as NOUN
- Meaning
- the style of a particular artist or school or movement
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- an imaginative orchestral idiom
Hypernyms(s) idiom is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
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Hypernyms(s) idiom is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
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Hypernyms(s) idiom is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
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Usage Example(s)
- the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English
- he has a strong German accent
Hypernyms(s) idiom is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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