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Type Words
Synonyms logos, son
Type Words
Synonyms intelligence, news, tidings
Type of information, info
Has types good word, latest
Type Words
Synonyms discussion, give-and-take
Type of spoken language, language, spoken communication, speech communication, voice communication, speech, oral communication
Has types argumentation, talks, dialogue, ventilation, public discussion, postmortem, post-mortem, debate, panel discussion, group discussion, argument, deliberation, conference, negotiation


we had a word or two about it.
Type Words
Synonyms countersign, parole, password, watchword
Type of positive identification, arcanum, secret


he forgot the password.
Type Words
Synonyms bible, book, christian bible, good book, holy scripture, holy writ, scripture, word of god
Type of sacred text, religious text, sacred writing, religious writing
Has types family bible
Type Words
Synonyms parole, word of honor
Type of promise


he gave his word.
Type Words
Synonyms articulate, formulate, give voice, phrase
Type of show, express, evince
Has types redact, dogmatize, lexicalise, formularize, dogmatise, couch, lexicalize, ask, formularise, frame, put, cast
Derivation wording
Type Words
Type of statement


he didn't say a word about it.
Type Words
Type of computer memory unit


large computers use words up to 64 bits long.
Type Words
Type of linguistic unit, language unit
Has types homonym, hybrid, hypernym, hyponym, key word, signifier, anagram, anaphor, antonym, back-formation, catchword, charade, classifier, closed-class word, cognate, cognate word, coinage, content word, contraction, deictic, deictic word, derivative, descriptor, diminutive, dirty word, dissyllable, disyllable, equivalent word, form, four-letter anglo-saxon word, four-letter word, function word, guide word, guideword, hapax legomenon, head, head word, headword, heteronym, holonym, language, loan, loan-blend, loanblend, loanword, logical quantifier, manner name, meronym, metonym, monosyllabic word, monosyllable, neologism, neology, nomenclature, nonce word, open-class word, opposite, opposite word, oxytone, palindrome, paronym, paroxytone, part name, partitive, polysemant, polysemantic word, polysemous word, polysyllabic word, polysyllable, primitive, proparoxytone, quantifier, reduplication, retronym, spoken word, subordinate, subordinate word, substantive, superordinate, superordinate word, syncategorem, syncategoreme, synonym, term, terminology, trisyllable, troponym, vocable, whole name, word form, written word


words are the blocks from which sentences are made.
he hardly said ten words all morning.
Type Words
Type of order


when I give the word, charge!.

Examples of word

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There was no immediate word on how much oil was involved, or where it came from.
From the thenewstribune.com
When it comes to personal protection, the Mexican government gets the last word.
From the washingtontimes.com
On bad days we got chipped beef on toast, and that's how I discovered that word.
From the washingtontimes.com
There is no word yet on how this incident will affect his multiple endorsements.
From the orlandosentinel.com
They tried to avoid the word Liberals and now they wish they could have it back.
From the washingtontimes.com
It was like hearing every third word and trying to jump-rope into the storyline.
From the democratandchronicle.com
Apparently, she passed the word on to the show's producers, who contacted Tyler.
From the abcnews.go.com
So which word goes top-of-the-table on my life list of the best words in sports?
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Even the French word for cartridge, cartouche, is the same word for pen refills.
From the businessweek.com
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  • A unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
  • Give voice: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"
  • A brief statement; "he didn't say a word about it"
  • News: information about recent and important events; "they awaited news of the outcome"
  • A verbal command for action; "when I give the word, charge!"
  • Discussion: an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it"
  • A word is the smallest free form (an item that may be uttered in isolation with semantic or pragmatic content) in a language, in contrast to a morpheme, which is the smallest unit of meaning. A word may consist of only one morpheme (e.g. ...
  • WORD, known on-air as News Radio WORD, is an News/Talk-formatted radio station in the Greenville-Spartanburg area of Upstate South Carolina. ...
  • The Word bookstore is a chain of nineteen Christian bookstores in Australia, plus telephone, internet and mail order. Word and Koorong are the dominant Australian Christian book sellers.