Word

Noun

 * 1) The fact or action of speaking, as opposed to writing or to action.
 * 2) * 1811, Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility:
 * she believed them still so very much attached to each other, that they could not be too sedulously divided in word and deed on every occasion.
 * 1) * 2004, Richard Williams, The Guardian, 8 Sep 2004:
 * As they fell apart against Austria, England badly needed someone capable of leading by word and example.
 * 1)  Something which has been said; a comment, utterance; speech.
 * 2) * 1611, Bible, Authorized Version, Matthew XXVI.75:
 * And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
 * 1) * 1945, Sebastian Haffner, The Observer, 1 Apr 1945:
 * "The Kaiser laid down his arms at a quarter to twelve. In me, however, they have an opponent who ceases fighting only at five minutes past twelve," said Hitler some time ago. He has never spoken a truer word.
 * 1) 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.
 * , II.ii
 * Polonius: What do you read, my lord?
 * Hamlet: Words, words, words.
 * 1) A distinct unit of language which is approved by some authority.
 * 2) * 1896, Israel Zangwill, Without Prejudice, p21
 * “Ain’t! How often am I to tell you ain’t ain’t a word?”
 * 1) * 1999, Linda Greenlaw, The Hungry Ocean, Hyperion, p11
 * Fisherwoman isn’t even a word. It’s not in the dictionary.
 * 1) News; tidings.
 * Have you had any word from John yet?
 * 1) An order; a request or instruction.
 * He sent word that we should strike camp before winter.
 * 1) A promise; an oath or guarantee.
 * I give you my word that I will be there on time.
 * 1)  Christ.
 * 2) * 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John I:
 * And that worde was made flesshe, and dwelt amonge vs, and we sawe the glory off yt, as the glory off the only begotten sonne off the father, which worde was full of grace, and verite.
 * 1)  Communication from god; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible.
 * Her parents had lived in Botswana, spreading the word among the tribespeople.
 * 1) A brief discussion or conversation.
 * Can I have a word with you?
 * 1)  Angry debate or conversation; argument.
 * There had been words between him and the secretary about the outcome of the meeting.
 * 1) Any sequence of letters or characters considered as a discrete entity.
 * 2)  A unit of text equivalent to five characters and one space.
 * 3)  A fixed-size group of bits handled as a unit by a machine. On many 16-bit machines a word is 16 bits or two bytes.
 * 4)  A finite string which is not a command or operator.
 * 5)  A group element, expressed as a product of group elements.

Synonyms

 * vocable
 * promise
 * God, Logos
 * word of God, Bible
 * See also Thesaurus:word

Verb

 * 1)  To say or write (something) using particular words.
 * I’m not sure how to word this letter to the council.

Synonyms

 * express, phrase, put into words, state

Interjection

 * 1)   truth, to tell or speak the truth; the shortened form of the statement, "My word is my bond," an expression eventually shortened to "Word is bond," before it finally got cut to just "Word," which is its most commonly used form.
 * 2) * "Yo, that movie was epic!" / "Word?" ("You speak the truth?") / "Word." ("I speak the truth.")
 * 3)  An abbreviated form of word up:; a statement of the acknowledgment of fact with a hint of nonchalant approval.
 * 4) * 2004, Shannon Holmes, Never Go Home Again: A Novel, page 218
 * " Know what I'm sayin'?" / "Word!" the other man strongly agreed. "Let's do this — "
 * 1) * 2007, Gabe Rotter, Duck Duck Wally: A Novel, page 105
 * " Not bad at all, man. Worth da wait, dawg. Word." / "You liked it?" I asked dumbly, stoned still, and feeling victorious. / "Yeah, man," said Oral B. "Word up. "
 * 1) * 2007, Relentless Aaron The Last Kingpin, page 34
 * " I mean, I don't blame you... Word! "

Derived terms

 * buzzword
 * catchword
 * codeword
 * content word
 * crossword
 * dirty word
 * dword
 * empty word
 * famous last words
 * fighting word / fighting words
 * foreword
 * function word
 * hard word
 * have words
 * headword


 * in so many words
 * keyword
 * last word / last words
 * mince words
 * nonce word
 * oword
 * password
 * qword
 * reword
 * stopword
 * swear word
 * watchword
 * word-building
 * word for word
 * word game


 * wordish
 * wordless
 * word order
 * word of god
 * word of mouth
 * word processor
 * wordsmith
 * word square
 * word to the wise
 * word up
 * word wrap
 * word-wheeling
 * wordplay
 * wordpool
 * wordy

Adjectives for Word
abhorred; abounding;  abrupt;  abused; action; agonizing; altered; amazing; ambiguous; amusing; angry; appropriate; archaic; ardent; articulate; astonishing; audible; balanced; barbarous; barbed; bare; barren; bawled; biographical; biting; bitter; blameful; bland; blasphemous; blazing; blessed; bludgeoning; blundering; blunt; boastful; brave; bracketed; brawling; brotherly; brief; broken; burning; cabalistic; careless; caressing; casual; celebrated; certain; ceremonial;  chanted;   cheering;   cherished; choice; choleric; coarse; coaxing; coined; comfortable;  comforted;   common-sense; comprehensive; conciliatory;  conquering; considerate; consoling; constructive; contumelious; conventional; cordial; courteous; cruel; cunning; cutting; dainty; dangerous; daring; deadly; deathful; deathless; debasing; defensive; deliberate; delicate; deprecatory; derisive; descriptive; devastating; devout; dismal; disputatious; distinct; distracted; divided; doubtful; dread; dreadful; dying; eager; earnest; eloquent; elusive; emotional; emphatic; empty; encouraging; endearing; enriched; equivocal; eternal; explanatory; excusing; exotic; evangelical; explicit; extended; exultant; faithful; faltering; famed; fancy; farewell; fatal; favorite; feeble; fervent; fiery; fitting; flaming; flat; flattering; flowery; flying; foul; frequent; frivolous; futile; general; generous; gentle; genial; gigantic; glorious; glowing; golden; good; Gordian; graceful; gracious; grand; grateful; grave; great; half-extinguished; happy; hard; harsh; hasty; heal¬ing; heart-easing; heartrending; hesitant; hideous; high; high-born; homely; honest; honeyed; honorable; honored; hopeful; horrible; hot; household; hyphenated; identical (pi); idle; ill; imbedded; Impious; imposing; impressive; inappropriate; inarticulate; incarnate; incautious; incoherent; incongruous; indignant; inexcusable; insane; inspiring; insulated; insulting; interchangeable; interrogative; iron; irrevocable; irritable; isolated; jeering; joking; just; keenly-felt; light; lilting; liquid; living; loved; loving; low-pitched; low-spoken; low-toned; luminous; lying; magic; magnanimous; majestic; matchless; meandering; meaningful; measured; meditated; mellifluous; mellow; melting; memorable; merciful; mere; metaphorical; meticulous; mighty; modified; momentary; momentous; monosyllabic; monotonous; moral; mortal; motherly; moving; much-abused; musical; muttered; mystic; naive; naughty; nauseous; nice; necromantic; noble; noisy; noted; obscure; obsolete; odd; odious; offending; oft-repeated; ominous; oppressive; orthodox; overpowering; passing; passionate; pathetic; peerless; perennial; persuasive; petulant; pithy; pitiful; plain; plausible; pleading; plighted; plump; plundered; poetic; poignant; polysyllable; pompous; portentous; potent; precious; precise; pregnant; provocative; quaint; qualified; queer; quenchless; quick; quickening; quiet; rabble-rousing; racy; radical; ragged; rallying; rapturous; rare; rash; ravishing; ready; reasoning; reconciling; recreative; reread; reproachful; repulsive; resonant; restless; revengeful; ringing; rough; rude; sacred; scientific; scornful; scurrilous; seafaring; sea-going; senseless; serious; serviceable; shy; shameful; sharp; significant; simple; simple-seeming; single; smooth; sneering; sober; soft; soggy; solemn; soothing; soulful; spoken; standard¬ized; stemmed; stifled; stinging; stirring; stormy; strange; strong; stumbling; submissive; successful; sugared; sulphurous; sumptuous; superfluous; sweet; swelling; sympathetic; talismanic; tender; thick; thin; thoughtful; thought-up; threatening; torrential; touching; transparent; tremulous; trite; trenchant; tricky; tumbled; twanging; ugly; unalterable; unchosen; uncomprehended; uncompromising; undecided; understandable; unfamiliar; unfeeling; unflattering; unforgettable; ungrateful; unhappy; unheeded; universal; unkind; unlucky; unmistakable; unmodest; unmodulated; unmov-ing; unpleasant; unspeakable; unusual; un-muttered; unwinged; unwonted; useless; uttered; vague; veritable; vilified; vituperative; vivid; vulgar; wandering; warning; weak; weird; whirling; whispering; wild; wily; wise; witty; woeful; wondrous; woolly; worthless; woven; written; yearning; superlative; suppliant; suspicious.

Adverbs for Word
courteously; succinctly; cautiously; ingeniously; deftly; insidiously; theoretically; meticulously; religiously; musically; quaintly; modestly; vaguely; vividly; sulphurously.

Thesaurus
Bible oath, Parthian shot, account, acquaintance, adage, address, admission, advice, affidavit, affirmance, affirmation, allegation, altercation, ana, analects, announcement, annunciation, answer, aphorism, apostrophe, apothegm, articulate, assertion, asseveration, assurance, attest, attestation, averment, avouch, avouchment, avow, avowal, axiom, beef, behest, bickering, bidding, blue book, breathe, briefing, broadcast journalism, bulletin, buzz, byword, catchword, charge, chorus, collected sayings, come out with, command, commandment, comment, commitment, communicate, communication, communique, compurgation, conceive, conclusion, convey, couch, couch in terms, countersign, crack, creed, cry, current saying, data, datum, declaration, deliver, deposition, dictate, dictation, dictum, direct order, directive, directory, disclose, disclosure, dispatch, dispute, distich, embassy, embody in words, emit, engagement, enlightenment, enunciate, enunciation, epigram, evidence, exclamation, express, expression, extrajudicial oath, facts, factual information, faith, familiarization, fight, fling off, formularize, formulate, frame, gen, general information, give, give expression, give expression to, give out with, give tongue, give utterance, give voice, give words to, glosseme, gnome, golden saying, gossip, greeting, guarantee, guidebook, handout, hard information, hassle, hearsay, hest, icon, idiom, impart, imperative, incidental information, info, information, injunction, instruction, instrument in proof, intelligence, interjection, ipse dixit, ironclad oath, journalism, judicial oath, knowledge, legal evidence, let out, letter, lexeme, lexical form, light, linguistic act, lip, locution, loyalty oath, mandate, manifesto, maxim, mention, message, moral, morpheme, mot, motto, news, news agency, news medium, news service, newsiness, newsletter, newsmagazine, newspaper, newsworthiness, note, notice, notification, oath, oath of allegiance, oath of office, observation, offer, official oath, oracle, order, out with, paragraph, parol, parole, phonate, phonation, phrase, pithy saying, pleasure, pledge, plight, pneumatogram, position, position paper, positive declaration, pour forth, precept, predicate, predication, prescript, present, presentation, press association, proclamation, profession, promise, promotional material, pronounce, pronouncement, proof, proposition, protest, protestation, proverb, proverbial saying, proverbs, publication, publicity, put, put forth, put in words, question, radio, raise, reflection, release, remark, report, reportage, rhetorize, row, rumble, rumor, run-in, saw, say, say-so, saying, scuttlebutt, semasiological unit, sememe, sentence, sententious expression, sequence of phonemes, set forth, set out, set-to, sidelight, sign, signifiant, significant, sloka, solemn declaration, solemn oath, sound, speaking, special order, speech act, stance, stand, state, statement, stock saying, string, style, subjoinder, submit, sutra, sworn evidence, sworn statement, sworn testimony, symbol, talk, tattle, teaching, telegram, telegraph agency, television, tell, term, test oath, testimonial, testimonium, testimony, text, the dope, the fourth estate, the goods, the know, the press, the scoop, the spoken word, thought, throw off, tidings, token, tongue, transmission, troth, type, undertaking, utter, utterance, utterance string, verbalize, verse, vocable, vocalize, voice, vouch, vow, warrant, warranty, watchword, whisper, white book, white paper, will, wire service, wisdom, wisdom literature, wise saying, witness, witticism, word of command, word of honor, word of mouth, words of wisdom

Etymology
From, from word:, from , from. Cognate with West Frisian wurd:, Dutch woord:, German Wort:, Swedish ord:, Danish ord:; and with Lithuanian vardas:,  verbum:.

Noun

 * Afrikaans: woord
 * Albanian: fjalë, llaf
 * Amuzgo: jñ'o
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܡܠܬܐ (melthā, meltho)
 * Hebrew: מלתא (melthā, meltho)
 * Archi:
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: zbor
 * Asturian: pallabra
 * Basque: hitz, berba
 * Belarusian: слова
 * Bengali:
 * Bosnian: riječ
 * Breton: ger, gerioù
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chechen:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Erzya: вал (val)
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic:
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hawaiian: hua ʻōlelo
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: vorto
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: ,
 * Irish:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Javanese: ukara, sabda
 * Kannada: ಶಬ್ದ, ಪದ
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean:, ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Ladino:
 * Lao:
 * Latgalian:
 * Lao:
 * Latgalian:


 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian:
 * Lingala: nkómbó
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lower Sorbian:
 * Luxembourgish: Wuert
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay: perkataan
 * Malayalam: വാക്ക്
 * Maltese:
 * Marathi:
 * Mari: мут
 * Mongolian: үг
 * Nahuatl: tlâtòlli
 * Nauruan:
 * Navajo:
 * Northern Yukaghir:
 * Norwegian:
 * Old Norse:
 * Papiamentu:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Punjabi: ਸ਼ਬਦ (šabad)
 * Romanian:, vorbă
 * Romansch: pled, plaid
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Santali:
 * Scottish Gaelic: facal, briathar
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian: palora
 * Sinhalese: වචනය
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Sotho: lentswe
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: salita
 * Tahitian: parau
 * Tajik:
 * Tamil: வார்த்தை,
 * Telugu: పదము
 * Thai:
 * Tswana:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: ,
 * Vietnamese: lời, những lời, nhời, ,
 * Volapük: vöd
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:
 * Yiddish:
 * Vietnamese: lời, những lời, nhời, ,
 * Volapük: vöd
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:
 * Yiddish:


 * Afrikaans: erewoord
 * Albanian: sharje
 * Armenian: ,
 * Breton: ger, gerioù
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: erewoord
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hungarian:
 * Interlingua: parola
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 言質
 * Korean:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Malayalam: വാക്ക് (vaakku)
 * Norwegian:, lovnad
 * Persian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: cuvânt de onoare
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: čestné slovo
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: మాట (māṭa)


 * Finnish:


 * Telugu: వార్త


 * Finnish: pari sanaa


 * Telugu: చర్చ


 * Finnish: sana
 * Greek:


 * Telugu: సంకేత పదము


 * Finnish:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Interlingua: parola
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian:


 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: cuvânt
 * Russian:
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: Sana
 * French:


 * Telugu: దేవుడు


 * Armenian:
 * Czech: slovo boží
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Indonesian: firman
 * Interlingua: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:


 * Korean:
 * Luxembourgish: Wuert
 * Macedonian: божја реч
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: słowo boże
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Slovak: slovo božie, božie slovo
 * Telugu: వాణి (vāṇi)

Verb

 * Dutch:, onder woorden brengen
 * Greek: ,
 * Macedonian: изразува, формулира


 * Russian: формулировать
 * Spanish:


 * : redigir

Anagrams

 * drow

Noun

 * 1) word
 * 2) speech, utterance, statement
 * 3)  verb
 * 4) news, information, rumour
 * 5) command, request

Etymology
From <  < ; cognate with Old Frisian undefined:, Old Saxon undefined: (Dutch woord:), Old High German wort: (German Wort:), Old Norse orð: (Icelandic orð:, Swedish ord:), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳:. The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Latin verbum:, Lithuanian vardas:, and, more distantly, of Ancient Greek εἴρω: and Old Slavonic undefined: (Russian ротиться:).