Look up: DIALECT

1. dialect
   [n] - the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
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2. Dialect
   a form of speech peculiar to a district, class, or person
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3. Dialect
   Dialect refers to which particular words are chosen, which can either be from the vocabulary (i.e. lexicon) of the Standard English dialect or from, for example, a vocabulary of a specific regional area for example, the word 'bread roll' has a number of different names in different parts of the country such as 'cob', 'bap'.…
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4. dialect
   variety of speech differing from the standard or literary language and characterised by local vocabulary, constructions or pronunciations
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5. Dialect
   A dialect is a variety of a language used in a particular area and which is distinguished by certain features of grammar or vocabulary. Examples of such features in some English dialects are: non-standard subject + verb patterns, eg I knows, you was, he like past tense forms, eg I done, I seen vari...
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6. dialect
   a regional variety of a language,differing in pronunciating,grammar and vocabulary from the standard language Category: Language and literature
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7. Dialect
   Di'a·lect noun [ French dialecte , Latin dialectus , from Greek ..., from ... to converse, discourse. See Dialogue .] 1. Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech. « This book is writ in s...
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8. dialect
   1. Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech. 'This book is writ in such a dialect As may the minds of listless men affect. Bunyan. The universal dialect of the world.' (South) ... 2. The form of speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from ether forms nea...
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9. dialect
   idiom noun 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`; `it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy`
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10. Dialect
    • (n.) The form of speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances; as, the Ionic and Attic were dialects of Greece; the Yorkshire dialect;...
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11. dialect
    a variety of a language. The word comes from the Ancient Greek dialektos `discourse, language, dialect,` which is derived from dialegesthai `to ... [15 related articles]
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12. dialect
    dialect 1. Manner of speaking, language, speech; especially a manner of speech peculiar to, or characteristic of, a particular person or class; phraseology, idiom. 2. One of the subordinate forms or varieties of a language arising from local peculiarities of vocabulary, pronunciation, and idiom. 3....
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13. dialect
    dialect, variety of a language used by a group of speakers within a particular speech community. Every individual speaks a variety of his language, termed an idiolect. Dialects are groups of idiolects with a common core of similarities in pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary. Dialects exist as a c...
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14. dialect
    Variation of a spoken language shared by those in a particular area or a particular social or ethnic group. The term is used to indicate a geographical area (`northern dialects` or `Brooklyn dialect`) or social or ethnic group (`African-American dialect`). Geographically, dialects are the result of settlement histo...
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15. Dialect
    The term `dialect` (from the Greek Language word dialektos, Διάλεκτος) is used in two distinct ways, even by linguists. One usage refers to a variety of a language that is a characteristic of a particular group of the language`s speakers. The term is appli...
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16. Dialect
    (computing) A `dialect` of a programming language is a (relatively small) variation or extension of the language that does not change its intrinsic nature. With languages such as Scheme and Forth, standards may be considered insufficient, inadequate or even illegitimate by implementors, so of...
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17. Dialect
    (programming language) `Dialect` is an interpreted computer programming language created by George Harth as a college class project on compilers. George and Greg DeLozier expanded the base interpreter at Aristar, Inc. The language has graphical user interface (GUI), networking, and object ori...
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