idiom
21idiom — ► NOUN 1) a group of words whose meaning cannot be deduced from those of the individual words (e.g. over the moon). 2) a form of expression natural to a language, person, or group. 3) a characteristic mode of expression in music or art. ORIGIN… …
22Idiom — This article is about phrases with figurative meaning. For other uses, see Idiom (disambiguation). Idiom (Latin: idioma, special property , f. Greek: ἰδίωμα – idiōma, special feature, special phrasing , f. Greek: ἴδιος – idios, one’s own ) is an… …
23Idiom — Der Ausdruck Idiom (das; s, e; von agr. ιδίωμα (idíoma) „Besonderheit, Eigenart“ [1]) ist mehrdeutig. Er bezeichnet die Spracheigentümlichkeit einer bestimmten Gruppe und einen Phraseologismus, eine idiomatische (Rede ) Wendung.… …
24idiom — [[t]ɪ̱diəm[/t]] idioms 1) N COUNT: usu sing, with supp A particular idiom is a particular style of something such as music, dance, or architecture. [FORMAL] McCartney was also keen to write in a classical idiom, rather than a pop one... It was an …
25idiom */ — UK [ˈɪdɪəm] / US noun Word forms idiom : singular idiom plural idioms 1) [countable] linguistics an expression whose meaning is different from the meaning of the individual words. For example, to have your feet on the ground is an idiom meaning… …
26idiom — noun Etymology: Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French idiome, from Late Latin idioma individual peculiarity of language, from Greek idiōmat , idiōma, from idiousthai to appropriate, from idios Date: 1588 1. a. the language peculiar to a… …
27idiom — id|i|om [ˈıdiəm] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: idiome, from Greek idioma personal way of expressing yourself , from idios; IDIOT] 1.) a group of words that has a special meaning that is different from the ordinary meaning of each separate …
28idiom — id|i|om [ ıdiəm ] noun * 1. ) count an expression whose meaning is different from the meaning of the individual words. For example, to have your feet on the ground is an idiom meaning to be sensible. 2. ) singular or uncount a particular style in …
29idiom — A style or technique characteristic of an individual artist, period, movement, or medium. A potter might be said to be working in the idiom of early New England potters; or a painter, that she or he works in the abstract expressionist idiom …
30idiom — /id ee euhm/, n. 1. an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one s head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round… …
