Meaning Of The Word Idiom

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Idiom Meaning

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What's The Definition Of Idiom?

idiom
A particular idiom is a particular style of something such as music, dance, or architecture.

idiom in American English
the language or dialect of a people, region, class, etc.
noun: 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 table, and that is not a const

idiom in British English
noun: a group of words whose meaning cannot be predicted from the meanings of the constituent words, as for example (It was raining) cats and dogs

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