idiom

idiom Definition

idi·om (id′ē əm)

noun

the language or dialect of a people, region, class, etc.
the usual way in which the words of a particular language are joined together to express thought
a phrase, construction, or expression that is recognized as a unit in the usage of a given language and either differs from the usual syntactic patterns or has a meaning that differs from the literal meaning of its parts taken together (Ex.: not a word did she say; she heard it straight from the horse's mouth)
the style of expression characteristic of an individual the idiom of Hemingway
a characteristic style, as in art or music

Etymology: < Fr & LL: Fr idiome < LL idioma < Gr idiōma, peculiarity, idiom < idios: see idio-

idiom Synonyms

idiom Usage Examples

Preposition: of

music: More extended string repertoire from the classical and popular idioms of music are performed.

Converse of object

translate: Moreover, the rules that translate idioms or which replace them by single lexical items may have to be rather complex.
implement: So to implement the inner class idiom in C++ , we must do these things by hand.
use: People use idioms like ' kick over the traces ' , or ' burn your boats ' without any notion who started them.
follow: It imposes the constraint that there just be one pipeline of modules - each collaborator must follow the same visualization idiom.
learn: The best way to learn the idioms in a language is to read well-written code.
include: At a minimum they may need to be translated into the local language or dialect, or the wording changed to include local idioms.

Preposition: in

language: The best way to learn the idioms in a language is to read well-written code.

Adjective modifier

harmonic: It has wit, economy and intellectual control, in a richly expressive harmonic idiom.
Hebrew: Phibber in the end settles for his pat answer of the use of Hebrew idiom.
musical: The first will be a piece of music from any musical idiom.
contemporary: A practical unit in which students compose in a contemporary idiom for a small group of instruments / voices.
classical: Through these two dancers, the classical idiom truly becomes a language, which they utter with utmost expressive clarity.
modern: Some of the modern idioms may make you " Foam at the Mouth " !

Noun used with modifier

vernacular: However, with few exceptions, the cottages are styled within the vernacular revival idiom.
jazz: Pulling Strings play a variety of styles in the jazz idiom.
folk: Also, moving from the folk idiom toward rock are Jethro Tull who started on Island Records.
programming: So here is my very brief exposition of Java programming idioms.
dance: I added percussion to most of the pieces which are in the dance idiom.
body: Like functors, functor lists use the handle body idiom.

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