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   /wərd/

   

   noun

   • 1. a single distinct meaningful element of speech or writing, used with others (or sometimes alone) to form a sentence and typically shown with a space on either side when written or printed: "I don't like the word “unofficial”" Similar termnameexpressiondesignationlocutionturn of phraseidiomformal:appellationrare:vocable
   • ▪ a single distinct conceptual unit of language, comprising inflected and variant forms.
   • ▪ something spoken or written; a remark or statement: "his grandfather's words had been meant kindly" Similar remarkcommentstatementutteranceobservationpronouncementdeclaration
   • ▪ even the smallest amount of something spoken or written: "don't believe a word of it"
   • ▪ angry talk: "her father would have had words with her about that"
   • ▪ speech as distinct from action: "he conforms in word and deed to the values of a society that he rejects"
   • 2. a command, password, or signal: "someone gave me the word to start playing" Similar instructionordercommandsignalpromptcuetip-offinformal:go-aheadthumbs upgreen lighthigh signcommandorderdecreeedictmandatebiddingwill
   • ▪ communication; news: "I was afraid to leave Edinburgh in case there was word from the War Office" Similar newsinformationcommunicationintelligencenoticemessagereportcommuniquédispatchbulletinaccountdatafactsinformal:infothe lowdownthe genthe dopethe poopliterary:tidingsarchaic:advicesrumorhearsaytalkgossipinformal:the grapevinethe word on the streetthe scuttlebutt
   • 3. one's account of the truth, especially when it differs from that of another person: "in court it would have been his word against mine"
   • ▪ a promise or assurance: "everything will be taken care of—you have my word" Similar promiseword of honorassuranceguaranteeundertakingpledgevowoathbondarchaic:trothparole
   • 4. the text or spoken part of a play, opera, or other performed piece; a script: "he had to learn his words" Similar scripttextlyricslibretto
   • 5. a basic unit of data in a computer, typically 16 or 32 bits long.

   verb

   • 1. choose and use particular words in order to say or write (something): "he words his request in a particularly ironic way"

   exclamation

   • 1. used to express agreement: informal "“That Jay is one dangerous character.” “Word.”"

   Word Origin Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch woord and German Wort, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin verbum ‘word’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. wordage noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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