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NOUN | 1 | word | A unit of language that native speakers can identify |
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2 | word | A brief statement | |
3 | word, news, intelligence, tidings | New information about specific and timely events | |
4 | Word, Son, Logos | The divine word of God | |
5 | word, parole, word of honor | A promise | |
6 | word, password, watchword, parole, countersign | A secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group | |
7 | word, discussion, give-and-take | An exchange of views on some topic | |
8 | Word, Bible, Christian Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God | The sacred writings of the Christian religions | |
9 | word | A verbal command for action | |
10 | word | A word is a string of bits stored in computer memory | |
VERB | 1 | word, give voice, formulate, phrase, articulate | Put into words or an expression |
Sounds | wer'd |
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Rhymes | Abelard, absurd, acquired, and 283 more rhymes in erd at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A unit of language that native speakers can identify. |
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Examples | "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" |
Parts | syllable; affix |
Narrower | anagram; anaphor; antonym, opposite word, opposite; back-formation; charade; cognate, cognate word; content word, open-class word; contraction; deictic, deictic word; derivative; diminutive; dirty word; disyllable, dissyllable; form, word form, signifier, descriptor; four-letter word, four-letter Anglo-Saxon word; function word, closed-class word; head, head word; headword; heteronym; holonym, whole name; homonym; hypernym, superordinate, superordinate word; hyponym, subordinate, subordinate word; key word; loanblend, loan-blend, hybrid; loanword, loan; meronym, part name; metonym; monosyllable, monosyllabic word; neologism, neology, coinage; nonce word, hapax legomenon; oxytone; palindrome; primitive; paroxytone; partitive; polysemant, polysemantic word, polysemous word; polysyllable, polysyllabic word; proparoxytone; quantifier; quantifier, logical quantifier; reduplication; substantive; synonym, equivalent word; term; terminology, nomenclature, language; trisyllable; troponym, manner name; vocable, spoken word; classifier; written word; syncategorem, syncategoreme |
Broader | language unit, linguistic unit |
Adjectives | lexical; nonlexical; verbal |
Verbs | word |
Meaning | A brief statement. |
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Examples | "he didn't say a word about it" |
Broader | statement |
Verbs | word |
Meaning | New information about specific and timely events. |
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Synonyms | news, intelligence, tidings |
Narrower | good word; update |
Broader | information, info |
Meaning | The divine word of God. The second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus). |
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Synonyms | Son, Logos |
Narrower | Messiah; Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth, the Nazarene, Jesus Christ, Christ, Savior, Saviour, Good Shepherd, Redeemer, Deliverer |
Broader | hypostasis |
Meaning | A promise. |
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Examples | "he gave his word" |
Synonyms | parole, word of honor |
Broader | promise |
Meaning | A secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group. |
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Examples | "he forgot the password" |
Synonyms | password, watchword, parole, countersign |
Broader | secret, arcanum; positive identification |
Meaning | An exchange of views on some topic. |
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Examples | "we had a word or two about it" |
Synonyms | discussion, give-and-take |
Narrower | argument, argumentation, debate; deliberation; conference, group discussion; panel discussion; postmortem; public discussion, ventilation; negotiation, dialogue, talks |
Broader | speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication |
Meaning | The sacred writings of the Christian religions. |
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Examples | "he went to carry the Word to the heathen" |
Synonyms | Bible, Christian Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God |
Category of | covenant; eisegesis; exegesis; Gabriel; demythologize, demythologise |
Parts | Old Testament; Testament; New Testament; text |
Narrower | family Bible; Vulgate; Douay Bible, Douay Version, Douay-Rheims Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, Rheims-Douay Bible, Rheims-Douay Version; Authorized Version, King James Version, King James Bible; Revised Version; New English Bible; American Standard Version, American Revised Version; Revised Standard Version |
Broader | sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text |
Meaning | A verbal command for action. |
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Examples | "when I give the word, charge!" |
Broader | order |
Meaning | A word is a string of bits stored in computer memory. |
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Examples | "large computers use words up to 64 bits long" |
Part of | kilobyte, K, KB |
Parts | byte |
Broader | computer memory unit |
Meaning | Put into words or an expression. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | give voice, formulate, phrase, articulate |
Narrower | ask; lexicalize, lexicalise; dogmatize, dogmatise; formularize, formularise; frame, redact, cast, put, couch |
Broader | express, show, evince |
Nouns | word; word; wording |