word
noun
[ wəːd ]
• 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’"
• a command, password, or signal.
• "someone gave me the word to start playing"
Similar:
instruction,
order,
command,
signal,
prompt,
cue,
tip-off,
go-ahead,
thumbs up,
green light,
high sign,
decree,
edict,
mandate,
bidding,
will,
• 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"
• the text or spoken part of a play, opera, or other performed piece; a script.
• "he had to learn his words"
• a basic unit of data in a computer, typically 16 or 32 bits long.
word
verb
• express (something spoken or written) in particular words.
• "he words his request in a particularly ironic way"
Similar:
phrase,
express,
put,
couch,
frame,
set forth,
formulate,
style,
say,
utter,
state,
word
exclamation
• used to express agreement or affirmation.
• "Word, that's a good record, man"
Origin:
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch woord and German Wort, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin verbum ‘word’.
-word
combining form
• denoting a slang word, or one that may be offensive or have a negative connotation, specified by the word's first letter.
• "the F-word"
the Word
• the Bible, or a part of it.
• Jesus Christ.
