idiom (noun)
11idiom */ — 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… …
12idiom — 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 …
13idiom — Synonyms and related words: Acadian, Anglo Indian, Brooklynese, Cajun, Canadian French, Cockney, French Canadian, Gullah, Midland, Midland dialect, New England dialect, Pennsylvania Dutch, Yankee, Yorkshire, adjectival phrase, argot, bundle of… …
14idiom — [ˈɪdiəm] noun [C] 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 …
15idiom — /ˈɪdiəm / (say ideeuhm) noun 1. a form of expression peculiar to a language, especially one having a significance other than its literal one. 2. a variety or form of a language; a dialect. 3. the language peculiar to a people. 4. the peculiar… …
16idiom — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. dialect; language; idiotism, phrase. See speech. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. expression, colloquialism, language, vernacular; see dialect , jargon 2 , 3 , language 1 , phrase . III (Roget s 3… …
17phrasal idiom — noun an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up • Syn: ↑idiom, ↑idiomatic expression, ↑set phrase, ↑phrase • Derivationally related forms: ↑phrasal (for: ↑phrase …
18My two cents (idiom) — A United States cent, also known as a penny. My two cents (2¢) and its longer version put my two cents in is an American idiomatic expression, taken from the original English idiom expression: to put in my two pennies worth or my tuppence worth.… …
19verbal noun — 1. A verbal noun (also called a gerund) is a form of a verb ending in ing that acts as a noun, for example smoking in the phrase no smoking and in the sentence Smoking damages your health. It should be distinguished from (identically formed)… …
20(the) lunatic fringe — the ˌlunatic ˈfringe idiom noun singular + singular or plural verb (disapproving) those members of a political or other group whose views are considered to be very extreme and crazy • They stressed that only the lunatic fringe of the movement was …
