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[font "Arial"][size 5][size 1]id·i·om[/size][/size][/font][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] ([/font][font "AHD Symbol"]¹[/font][font "Times New Roman"]d[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]"¶[/font][font "Times New Roman"]-[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]…[/font][font "Times New Roman"]m) n.[/font][font "Arial"] 1.[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] A speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements, as in keep tabs on.[/font][font "Arial"] 2.[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] The specific grammatical, syntactic, and structural character of a given language.[/font][font "Arial"] 3.[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] Regional speech or dialect.[/font][font "Arial"] 4.a.[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] A specialized vocabulary used by a group of people; jargon: legal idiom. [/font][font "Arial"]b.[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] A style or manner of expression peculiar to a given people: "Also important is the uneasiness I've always felt at cutting myself off from my idiom, the American habits of speech and jest and reaction, all of them entirely different from the local variety" (S.J. Perelman).[/font][font "Arial"] 5.[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] A style of artistic expression characteristic of a particular individual, school, period, or medium: the idiom of the French impressionists; the punk rock idiom. [Late Latin idi[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]½[/font][font "Times New Roman"]ma, idi[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]½[/font][font "Times New Roman"]mat-, from Greek, from idiousthai, to make one's own, from idios, own, personal, private. See [/font][font "Arial"]s(w)e-[/font][/size][font "Times New Roman"][size 1] below.][/size][/font]
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[size 1]syn·tax[/size][/font][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] (s[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]¹[/font][font "Times New Roman"]n[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]"[/font][font "Times New Roman"]t[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]²[/font][font "Times New Roman"]ks[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]"[/font][font "Times New Roman"]) n.[/font][font "Arial"] 1.a.[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences. [/font][font "Arial"]b.[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] A publication, such as a book, that presents such rules. [/font][font "Arial"]c.[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] The pattern of formation of sentences or phrases in a language. [/font][font "Arial"]d.[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] Such a pattern in a particular sentence or discourse.[/font][font "Arial"] 2.[/font][/size][font "Times New Roman"][size 1] Computer Science.[/size][size 1] The rules governing construction of a machine language.[/size][/font][font "Arial"][size 1] 3.[/size][/font][font "Times New Roman"][size 1] A systematic, orderly arrangement. [French syntaxe, from Late Latin syntaxis, from Greek suntaxis, from suntassein, put in order : sun-, syn- + tassein, tag-, to arrange.][/size][/font]
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[b][size 1]or·tho·graph·ic[/size][/font][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] (ôr[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]"[/font][font "Times New Roman"]th[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]…[/font][font "Times New Roman"]-gr[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]²[/font][font "Times New Roman"]f[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]"¹[/font][font "Times New Roman"]k) also [/font][font "Arial"]or·tho·graph·i·cal[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] (-[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]¹[/font][font "Times New Roman"]-k[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]…[/font][font "Times New Roman"]l)[/font][font "Arial"] --[/font][/size][font "Times New Roman"][size 1]adj.[/size][/font][font "Arial"][size 1] 1.[/size][/font][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] Of or relating to orthography.[/font][font "Arial"] 2.[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] Spelled correctly.[/font][font "Arial"] 3.[/font][/size][font "Times New Roman"][size 1] Mathematics.[/size][size 1] Having perpendicular lines. [/size][/font][size 1][font "Arial"]--or[/font][font "AHD Symbol Sans"]"[/font][font "Arial"]tho·graph[/font][font "AHD Symbol Sans"]"[/font][font "Arial"]i·cal·ly[/font][font "Times New Roman"] adv.[/font][/size][/b]
[size 1]or·thog·ra·phy[/size][/font][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] (ôr-th[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]¼[/font][font "Times New Roman"]g[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]"[/font][font "Times New Roman"]r[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]…[/font][font "Times New Roman"]-f[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]¶[/font][font "Times New Roman"]) n., pl.[/font][font "Arial"] or·thog·ra·phies[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"].[/font][font "Arial"] 1.[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.[/font][font "Arial"] 2.[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words.[/font][font "Arial"] 3.[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] A method of representing the sounds of language or a language by letters and diacritics; spelling. [/font][font "Arial"]--or·thog[/font][font "AHD Symbol Sans"]"[/font][font "Arial"]ra·pher[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] or [/font][font "Arial"]or·thog[/font][font "AHD Symbol Sans"]"[/font][font "Arial"]ra·phist[/font][/size][font "Times New Roman"][size 1] n.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 1]meees not sure but meees thinks meees bean complimented from a fairily nice person (lol)[/size][/font][/font][/font]
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[size 1]syn·tax[/size][/font][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] (s[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]¹[/font][font "Times New Roman"]n[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]"[/font][font "Times New Roman"]t[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]²[/font][font "Times New Roman"]ks[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]"[/font][font "Times New Roman"]) n.[/font][font "Arial"] 1.a.[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences. [/font][font "Arial"]b.[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] A publication, such as a book, that presents such rules. [/font][font "Arial"]c.[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] The pattern of formation of sentences or phrases in a language. [/font][font "Arial"]d.[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] Such a pattern in a particular sentence or discourse.[/font][font "Arial"] 2.[/font][/size][font "Times New Roman"][size 1] Computer Science.[/size][size 1] The rules governing construction of a machine language.[/size][/font][font "Arial"][size 1] 3.[/size][/font][font "Times New Roman"][size 1] A systematic, orderly arrangement. [French syntaxe, from Late Latin syntaxis, from Greek suntaxis, from suntassein, put in order : sun-, syn- + tassein, tag-, to arrange.][/size][/font]
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[b][size 1]or·tho·graph·ic[/size][/font][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] (ôr[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]"[/font][font "Times New Roman"]th[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]…[/font][font "Times New Roman"]-gr[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]²[/font][font "Times New Roman"]f[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]"¹[/font][font "Times New Roman"]k) also [/font][font "Arial"]or·tho·graph·i·cal[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] (-[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]¹[/font][font "Times New Roman"]-k[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]…[/font][font "Times New Roman"]l)[/font][font "Arial"] --[/font][/size][font "Times New Roman"][size 1]adj.[/size][/font][font "Arial"][size 1] 1.[/size][/font][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] Of or relating to orthography.[/font][font "Arial"] 2.[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] Spelled correctly.[/font][font "Arial"] 3.[/font][/size][font "Times New Roman"][size 1] Mathematics.[/size][size 1] Having perpendicular lines. [/size][/font][size 1][font "Arial"]--or[/font][font "AHD Symbol Sans"]"[/font][font "Arial"]tho·graph[/font][font "AHD Symbol Sans"]"[/font][font "Arial"]i·cal·ly[/font][font "Times New Roman"] adv.[/font][/size][/b]
[size 1]or·thog·ra·phy[/size][/font][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] (ôr-th[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]¼[/font][font "Times New Roman"]g[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]"[/font][font "Times New Roman"]r[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]…[/font][font "Times New Roman"]-f[/font][font "AHD Symbol"]¶[/font][font "Times New Roman"]) n., pl.[/font][font "Arial"] or·thog·ra·phies[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"].[/font][font "Arial"] 1.[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.[/font][font "Arial"] 2.[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words.[/font][font "Arial"] 3.[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] A method of representing the sounds of language or a language by letters and diacritics; spelling. [/font][font "Arial"]--or·thog[/font][font "AHD Symbol Sans"]"[/font][font "Arial"]ra·pher[/font][/size][size 1][font "Times New Roman"] or [/font][font "Arial"]or·thog[/font][font "AHD Symbol Sans"]"[/font][font "Arial"]ra·phist[/font][/size][font "Times New Roman"][size 1] n.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 1]meees not sure but meees thinks meees bean complimented from a fairily nice person (lol)[/size][/font][/font][/font]
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