idiomatic
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- adjective
- /ˌɪdiˈɑːmætɪk/
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idiomático
- This was the last love battle, totally idiomatic use of the English language.
- idiomatic phrases
- idiomatic expressions
- idiomatic English
Simply simply use whichever seems most idiomatic or more or most natural in modern English.
- Simply simply use whichever seems most idiomatic or more or most natural in modern English.
- And I mean, they say, they say it's more idiomatic to say is white in color.
Examples
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"No way," I reply, that bit of idiomatic speech rolling off my tongue effortlessly.
Academic text (2010) -
Try to accept the idiomatic limitations of Western music and instrumentation, and work patiently with them.
Academic text (1999) -
Yet they mostly wrote in idiomatic English and retained a sense that there had been intellectual life before their day.
Academic text (1995) -
Within three years, she had an astounding command of idiomatic English.
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As a result, ten items needing restatement in a more idiomatic form were identified.
Academic text (1997) -
Finally, idiomatic changes were made to ensure comprehension for Chinese readers.
Academic text (2005) -
We are not used to analyzing whole collections of idiomatic phrases that systematically vary in form and meaning.
Academic text (2006) -
I'm guessing that it will be much livelier and more idiomatic than my rather formal and colorless version.
Academic text (2004) -
Cultural proficiency: the ability to recognize and respect the patients' expressed beliefs. It also includes comprehension of idiomatic and colloquial speech.
Academic text (2011) -
She speaks in idiomatic expressions that make her sound like a native speaker.
Synonyms
Like the natural way people speak or write in a language
Compounds
How Idiomatic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word idiomatic comes from an old Greek root idios, meaning 'own' or 'private', and it shares this root with the word idiom. So idiomatic describes the natural phrases that belong to a language, the ways of speaking that make someone sound like a native speaker.