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Common
noun
•
The
smallest
unit
of
language
that has a
particular
meaning
and can be
expressed
by itself; the
smallest
discrete
,
meaningful
unit
of
language
. (contrast
morpheme
.)
The
smallest
discrete
unit
of spoken
language
with a
particular
meaning
,
composed
of one or more
phonemes
and one or more
morphemes
The
smallest
discrete
unit
of
written
language
with a
particular
meaning
,
composed
of one or more
letters
or
symbols
and one or more
morphemes
A
discrete
,
meaningful
unit
of
language
approved
by an
authority
or
native speaker
(compare
non-word
).
•
Something like
such a
unit
of
language
:
A
sequence
of
letters
,
characters
, or
sounds
,
considered
as a
discrete
entity
, though it does not
necessarily
belong
to
a language
or have a
meaning
•
In Telegraphy:
Something like
such a
unit
of
language
:
A
unit
of
text
equivalent
to
five
characters
and one
space
.
•
In Computing:
Something like
such a
unit
of
language
:
A fixed-size group of
bits
handled
as a
unit
by a
machine
and which can be
stored
in or
retrieved
from a
typical
register
(
so that
it has the same
size
as such
a
register
).
•
In Computer science:
Something like
such a
unit
of
language
:
A
finite
string
that is not a
command
or
operator
.
•
In Group theory:
Something like
such a
unit
of
language
:
A group
element
,
expressed
as a product of group
element
s.
•
The
fact
or
act
of
speaking
,
as opposed to
taking action
. .
•
Something that someone said; a
comment
,
utterance
;
speech
.
•
A
watchword
or
rallying cry
, a
verbal
signal
(even when
consisting of
multiple
words
).
•
A
proverb
or
motto
.
•
News
;
tidings
(used without an
article
).
•
An order; a
request
or
instruction
; an
expression
of will.
•
A
promise
; an
oath
or
guarantee
.
•
A
brief
discussion
or
conversation
.
•
See
words
.
•
In Theology:
Communication
from
God
; the
message
of the
Christian
gospel
; the
Bible
,
Scripture
.
•
In Theology:
Logos
,
Christ
.
•
Scripture
; The
Bible
.
•
The
creative
word of God
;
logos
.
verb
•
To
say
or
write
(something) using
particular
words
; to
phrase
(something).
•
To
flatter
with
words
, to
cajole
.
•
To
ply
or
overpower
with
words
.
•
To
conjure
with a
word
.
•
To
speak
, to use
words
; to
converse
, to
discourse
.
•
Alternative
form of
worth
(“to become”).
intj
•
In African-American Vernacular English:
Truth
, indeed, that is the
truth
! The
shortened
form of the
statement
"
My word
is my
bond
."
•
In African-American Vernacular English:
An
abbreviated
form of
word up
; a
statement
of the
acknowledgment
of
fact
with a
hint
of
nonchalant
approval
.
name
•
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word processor
software
developed
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Microsoft
.
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worde
lexie
lexical item
cardinal number
lexical unit
word up
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poem
neologism
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descriptor
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vowel
book
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song
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Rhymes
word
Word
ferd
Kurd
merd
curd
herd
bird
turd
third
cured
erred
lured
flerd
heard
blerd
furred
burred
begird
purred
ungird
spurred
ensured
whirred
assured
insured
shirred
stirred
referred
occurred
preferred
reassured
conferred
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Lineage
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English
word
Middle English (1100-1500)
word
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
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