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Dictionary definition for: Idiom

1. (n) a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language

2. (n) 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"

3. (n) the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom"

4. (n) an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

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