word

word / wɜ:rd / Pronunciation key English audiobase^New

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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

Webster'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.

transitive verb

intransitive verb

Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, Public Domain

Wiktionary

noun

(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.
Something promised.
(computing) A numerical value with a bit width native to the machine.
(theology) (sometimes 'Word') God (see s:Bible, King James, 1 John/John 1)
(theology; sometimes 'Word') The bible/Bible.

verb

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'word' English examples of use

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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