The meaning of Dialect

noun

A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g. over the moon, see the light ).

noun

A group of words whose meaning considered as a unit is different from the meanings of each word considered separately

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Mastering the use of idioms can be hard for a learner., “shoot yourself in the foot” is an idiom th…

noun

A foreign language or local dialect.

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It doesn't matter if you can't speak the lingo

noun

Language containing slang (= informal language) or technical expressions, or a foreign language

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[ u ] in typical hollywood lingo, he said, "this is gonna be big."

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Preference for one's own area or region, especially when this results in a limitation of outlook.

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The policy has exposed some of the limitations of localism at the community scale

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The dialect of a particular region, especially one with low status in relation to the standard language of the country.

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The nurse talked to me in a patois that even italians would have had difficulty in understanding

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A word or expression characteristic of a particular area

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"spider" is a new england regionalism for a type of frying pan.

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The language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.

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He wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience

adjective

(of language) spoken as one's mother tongue; not learned or imposed as a second language.

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Instead it will become regarded historically as a document that knowingly accelerated the demise of…

noun

The form of a language commonly spoken by the people of a particular region or by a particular group, esp. when it is different from the standard language

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[ u ] much of his poetry derives from the american pop vernacular., a vernacular expression