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Word: idiom (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A manner of speaking, a way of expressing oneself.
  • An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style.
  • linguistics A communicative system under study, which could be called either a dialect or a language, when its status as a language or dialect is irrelevant.
  • linguistics A locution peculiar of a particular language, that cannot be understood by way of a literal translation.
  • programming A programming technique which experienced programmers in a language are assumed to know.

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