IDIOM


Meaning of IDIOM in English

noun dialect; a variant form of a language.

2. idiom ·noun the syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language; the genius or cast of a language.

3. idiom ·noun 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.

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