countable linguisticsan expression whose meaning is different from the meaning of the individual words. For example, ‘to have your feet on the ground’ is an idiom meaning ‘to be sensible’.
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Types of phrase or expression
adage
aphorism
axiom
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singular/uncountable a particular style in language, art, or music
Osborne always works within a modern idiom.
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abstract expressionism
agitprop
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idiom
noun
US /ˈɪdiəm/
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singular
idiom
plural
idioms
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countable linguisticsan expression whose meaning is different from the meaning of the individual words. For example, “to have your feet on the ground” is an idiom meaning “to be sensible.”
Synonyms and related words
Types of phrase or expression
adage
aphorism
axiom
2
singular/uncountable a particular style in language, art, or music