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Idiom

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɪdiəm

Definitions

  1. A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
  2. A programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language.
  3. A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc.
  4. An established phrasal expression whose meaning may not be deducible from the literal meanings of its component words.
  5. An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style.

Equivalents

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Azərbaycan dilideyim
বাংলাবাগধারা
Češtinaidiom
Danskidiom
Esperantoidiotismo
हिन्दीमुहावरा
Հայերենդարձված
Bahasa Indonesiaidiomisoleklogatsimpulan bahasa
Íslenskaorðatiltæki
Қазақ тіліидиома
ភាសាខ្មែរបានតែបង្ហាញ
Kurdîstîl
Latinaidioma
Latviešuteiciens
Македонскиидиом
Монголхэлц үг
Nederlandsidioomtaaleigen
Shqipidiomë
Српскиidiomstilговоридиом
తెలుగుజాతీయము
Тоҷикӣистилоҳ
Tagalogkawikaan
اردواصطلاح
O'zbekchaistiloh

Examples

“In English, idiom requires the indefinite article in a phrase such as "she's an engineer", whereas in Spanish, idiom forbids it.”
Some of the usage prescriptions improved clarity and were kept; others that yielded discordant violations of idiom were eventually revised.”
“I have to use the same assignment and call to raw_input in two places. How can I avoid that? I can use the while True/break idiom: […]”
“In the idiom of the day, they were sutlers, although today they'd probably be called vendors.”
Many parents and teachers have become irritated to the point of distraction at the way the weed-style growth of "like" has spread through the idiom of the young.”
She often spoke in idioms, pining for salad days and complaining about pots calling the kettle black.”
“You’re history, we say […]. Surely it is an American idiom. Impossible to imagine a postwar European saying, “You’re history. . . . That’s history,” meaning fuhgeddaboudit, pal.”
the idiom of the expressionists

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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