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WordNet 3.0
verb
  1. put into words or an expression
    "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"
    give voice  formulate  word  phrase  articulate 

noun
  1. a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
    "he forgot the password"
    password  watchword  word  parole  countersign 

  2. an exchange of views on some topic
    "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it"
    discussion  give-and-take  word 

  3. information about recent and important events
    "they awaited news of the outcome"
    news  intelligence  tidings  word 

  4. a promise
    "he gave his word"
    parole  word  word of honor 

  5. a unit of language that native speakers can identify
    "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
    word 

  6. a brief statement
    "he didn't say a word about it"
    word 

  7. a verbal command for action
    "when I give the word, charge!"
    word 

  8. a word is a string of bits stored in computer memory
    "large computers use words up to 64 bits long"
    word 

WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University



Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun
  1. A brief remark or observation; an expression; a phrase, clause, or short sentence.

  2. Account; tidings; message; communication; information; -- used only in the singular.

  3. Hence, the written or printed character, or combination of characters, expressing such a term; as, the words on a page.

  4. Language considered as implying the faith or authority of the person who utters it; statement; affirmation; declaration; promise.

  5. Signal; order; command; direction.

  6. Talk; discourse; speech; language.

  7. The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of human speech or language; a constituent part of a sentence; a term; a vocable.

  8. Verbal contention; dispute.

transitive verb
  1. To flatter with words; to cajole.

  2. To ply with words; also, to cause to be by the use of a word or words.

  3. To express in words; to phrase.

intransitive verb
  1. To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute.

Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, Public Domain


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noun
  1. (linguistics) A distinct unit of language (sounds in speech or written letters) with a particular meaning, composed of one or more morphemes, and also of one or more phonemes that determine its sound pattern.

  2. Something promised.

  3. (computing) A numerical value with a bit width native to the machine.

  4. (theology) (sometimes 'Word') God (see s:Bible, King James, 1 John/John 1)

  5. (theology; sometimes 'Word') The bible/Bible.

verb
  1. (transitive) To say or write (something) using particular words.

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'word' English examples of use

  • A new word processor was introduced
  • An example sentence would show what this word means
  • Can the child sound out this complicated word?
  • Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word
  • He gave her his word
  • He spelled the word wrong in this letter
  • I am not using the word pejoratively
  • I could not get a word in edgewise
  • In Farsi , you accent the last syllable of each word
  • Let me introduce the word hypertext to mean a body of written or pictorial material interconnected in such a complex way that it could not conveniently be presented or represented on paper - -Ted Nelson
  • She hung on his every word
  • She mouthed a swear word
  • The morpheme can be reduplicated to emphasize the meaning of the word
  • The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage
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