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WordNet 3.0 verb- put into words or an expression
"He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"
give voice formulate word phrase articulate
noun- a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
"he forgot the password"
password watchword word parole countersign
- 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
- information about recent and important events
"they awaited news of the outcome"
news intelligence tidings word
- a promise
"he gave his word"
parole word word of honor
- 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
- a brief statement
"he didn't say a word about it"
word
- a verbal command for action
"when I give the word, charge!"
word
- 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 UniversityWebster's Unabridged Dictionary noun- A brief remark or observation; an expression; a phrase, clause, or short sentence.
- Account; tidings; message; communication; information; -- used only in the singular.
- Hence, the written or printed character, or combination of characters, expressing such a term; as, the words on a page.
- Language considered as implying the faith or authority of the person who utters it; statement; affirmation; declaration; promise.
- Signal; order; command; direction.
- Talk; discourse; speech; language.
- 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.
- Verbal contention; dispute.
intransitive verb- To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute.
transitive verb- To express in words; to phrase.
- To flatter with words; to cajole.
- To ply with words; also, to cause to be by the use of a word or words.
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, Public Domain
'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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