idiomatic language
1idiomatic — [[t]ɪ̱dioʊmæ̱tɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Idiomatic language uses words in a way that sounds natural to native speakers of the language. Philippa was soon to acquire a remarkable command of idiomatic English …
2Language education — Language Teaching redirects here. For the journal, see Language Teaching (journal). Linguistics …
3Idiomatic — Id i*o*mat ic, Idiomatical Id i*o*mat ic*al, a. [Gr. idiwmatiko s.] 1. Of or pertaining to, or conforming to, the mode of expression peculiar to a language; as, an idiomatic meaning; an idiomatic phrase. {Id i*o*mat ic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …
4language — 1 Language, dialect, tongue, speech, idiom are comparable when they denote a body or system of words and phrases used by a large community (as of a region) or by a people, a nation, or a group of nations. Language may be used as a general term… …
5Language Weaver — is a Los Angeles, California–based company that was founded in 2002 by the University of Southern California s Kevin Knight and Daniel Marcu, to commercialize a statistical approach to automatic language translation and natural language… …
6idiomatic — [id΄ē ə mat′ik] adj. [Gr idiōmatikos, peculiar, characteristic] 1. characteristic of a particular language 2. using or having many idioms 3. of, or having the nature of, an idiom or idioms idiomatically adv …
7language — n. linguistic system of communication 1) to use a language 2) to plan; standardize a language 3) to learn, master a language 4) to speak (in) a language 5) to butcher, murder; enrich; purify a language 6) (the) spoken; written language 7) one s… …
8idiomatic — id|i|o|mat|ic [ˌıdiəˈmætık] adj 1.) idiomatic expression/phrase an idiom 2.) typical of the natural way in which someone speaks or writes when they are using their own language ▪ He had the ability to write fluent, accurate, and idiomatic English …
9idiomatic — idiomatically, adv. idiomaticalness, idiomaticity /id ee oh meuh tis i tee/, n. /id ee euh mat ik/, adj. 1. peculiar to or characteristic of a particular language or dialect: idiomatic French. 2. containing or using many idioms. 3. having a… …
10idiomatic — adjective 1 idiomatic phrase/expression an idiom: an idiomatic phrase 2 typical of the natural way in which someone using their own language speaks or writes: After a year in Madrid, her Spanish was fluent and idiomatic. idiomatically / kli/… …
