idiom

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noun

1. a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
parlance
• Derivationally related forms:
idiomatic, idiomatical
• Hypernyms:
formulation, expression
2. the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people (Freq. 1)
- the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English
- he has a strong German accent
- it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy
• Syn:
dialect, accent
• Derivationally related forms:
accentuate (for: accent), dialectal (for: dialect)
• Members of this Usage Domain:
euphonious, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards,
forrad, forrard, spang, bang
• Hypernyms:
non-standard speech
• Hyponyms:
eye dialect, patois
3. the style of a particular artist or school or movement (Freq. 1)
- an imaginative orchestral idiom
• Syn:
artistic style
• Hypernyms:
manner, mode, style, way, fashion
• Hyponyms:
baroque, baroqueness, classical style, order, rococo,
rococo, treatment, neoclassicism, classicism, classicalism,
Romanticism, Romantic Movement
4. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
• Syn:
idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase
• Derivationally related forms:
phrasal (for: phrase), phrase (for: phrase), idiomatic
• Members of this Usage Domain:
out of whack, in the lurch, like clockwork
• Hypernyms:
saying, expression, locution
• Hyponyms:
ruralism, rusticism

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase, artistic style, dialect, accent, parlance