IDIOM

• (noun) the style of a particular artist or school or movement

  "an imaginative orchestral idiom"

  synonyms : artistic style

• (noun) a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language

  synonyms : parlance

  In American parlance, a county is the largest administrative division of a U.S. state. -added by naila_inlas

• (noun) an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

  synonyms : idiomatic expression , phrasal idiom , phrase , set phrase

• (noun) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people

  "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"

  synonyms : accent , dialect

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