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idiom
has definitions from the field of linguistics
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[ noun ] a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
Synonyms Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)Prokofieff might well emerge as a cultural hero , who , by the force of his creative life , helped preserve the main stream of tradition , to which the surviving idioms of current experimentalism may be eventually added and integrated . economic security and cultural opportunities , incisive idioms , social fermentations for a new national ideology - a sympathetic public and a large body of performers especially trained to fulfill his purpose . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (linguistics) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
Examples "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English" "he has a strong German accent" Used in print (Edward Jablonski, Harold Arlen Happy with the Blues....)The Negro composer Hall_Johnson studied the Americanegro_Suite and said of it , `` Of all the many songs written by white composers and employing what claims to be a Negroid idiom in both words and music , these six songs by Harold_Arlen and Ted_Koehler easily stand far out above the rest . Related terms non-standard_speech patois eye_dialect forward spang euphonious stress |
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[ noun ] the style of a particular artist or school or movement
Synonyms Examples "an imaginative orchestral idiom" Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)By 1937 he had clarified his intentions to serve his people : `` I have striven for clarity and melodious idiom , but at_the_same_time I have by_no_means attempted to restrict myself to the accepted methods of harmony and melody . |
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[ noun ] an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
Related terms saying ruralism like_clockwork in_the_lurch out_of_whack formulate |
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