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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Word \Word\, noun [AS. word; akin to OFries. & OS. word, D. woord, G. wort, Icel. or[eth], Sw. & Dan. ord, Goth. wa['u]rd, OPruss. wirds, Lith. vardas a name, L. verbum a word; or perhaps to Gr. "rh'twr an orator. Cf. {Verb}.]
1. The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of human speech or language; a constituent part of a sentence; a term; a vocable. ''A glutton of words.'' --Piers Plowman.
You cram these words into mine ears, against The stomach of my sense. --Shak.
Amongst men who confound their ideas with words, there must be endless disputes. --Locke.
2. Hence, the written or printed character, or combination of characters, expressing such a term; as, the words on a page.
3. pl. Talk; discourse; speech; language.
Why should calamity be full of words? --Shak.
Be thy words severe; Sharp as he merits, but the sword forbear. --Dryden.
4. Account; tidings; message; communication; information; -- used only in the singular.
I pray you . . . bring me word thither How the world goes. --Shak.
5. Signal; order; command; direction.
Give the word through. --Shak.
6. Language considered as implying the faith or authority of the person who utters it; statement; affirmation; declaration; promise.
Obey thy parents; keep thy word justly. --Shak.
I know you brave, and take you at your word. --Dryden.
I desire not the reader should take my word. --Dryden.
7. pl. Verbal contention; dispute.
Some words there grew 'twixt Somerset and me. --Shak.
8. A brief remark or observation; an expression; a phrase, clause, or short sentence.
All the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. --Gal. v. 14.
She said; but at the happy word ''he lives,'' My father stooped, re-fathered, o'er my wound. --Tennyson.
There is only one other point on which I offer a word of remark. --Dickens.
{By word of mouth}, orally; by actual speaking. --Boyle.
{Compound word}. See under {Compound}, adjective
{Good word}, commendation; favorable account. ''And gave the harmless fellow a good word.'' --Pope.
{In a word}, briefly; to sum up.
{In word}, in declaration; in profession. ''Let us not love in word, . . . but in deed and in truth.'' --1 John iii. 8.
{Nuns of the Word Incarnate} (R. C. Ch.), an order of nuns founded in France in 1625, and approved in 1638. The order, which also exists in the United States, was instituted for the purpose of doing honor to the ''Mystery of the Incarnation of the Son of God.''
{The word}, or {The Word}. (Theol.) (a) The gospel message; esp., the Scriptures, as a revelation of God. ''Bold to speak the word without fear.'' --Phil. i. 14. (b) The second person in the Trinity before his manifestation in time by the incarnation; among those who reject a Trinity of persons, some one or all of the divine attributes personified. --John i. 1.
{To eat one's words}, to retract what has been said.
{To have the words for}, to speak for; to act as spokesman. [Obs.] ''Our host hadde the wordes for us all.'' --Chaucer.
{Word blindness} (Physiol.), inability to understand printed or written words or symbols, although the person affected may be able to see quite well, speak fluently, and write correctly. --Landois & Stirling.
{Word deafness} (Physiol.), inability to understand spoken words, though the person affected may hear them and other sounds, and hence is not deaf.
{Word dumbness} (Physiol.), inability to express ideas in verbal language, though the power of speech is unimpaired.
{Word for word}, in the exact words; verbatim; literally; exactly; as, to repeat anything word for word.
{Word painting}, the act of describing an object fully and vividly by words only, so as to present it clearly to the mind, as if in a picture.
{Word picture}, an accurate and vivid description, which presents an object clearly to the mind, as if in a picture.
{Word square}, a series of words so arranged that they can be read vertically and horizontally with like results.
Note: H E A R T E M B E R A B U S E R E S I N T R E N T (A word square)
Syn: See {Term}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Word \Word\, verb (used without an object) To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute. [R.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Word \Word\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Worded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wording}.]
1. To express in words; to phrase.
The apology for the king is the same, but worded with greater deference to that great prince. --Addison.
2. To ply with words; also, to cause to be by the use of a word or words. [Obs.] --Howell.
3. To flatter with words; to cajole. [Obs.] --Shak.
{To word it}, to bandy words; to dispute. [Obs.] ''To word it with a shrew.'' --L'Estrange.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
word
noun
1: 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"
2: a brief statement; "he didn't say a word about it"
3: new information about specific and timely events; "they awaited news of the outcome" [syn: {news}, {intelligence}, {tidings}]
4: the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus) [syn: {Son}, {Logos}]
5: a promise; "he gave his word" [syn: {parole}, {word of honor}]
6: a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password" [syn: {password}, {watchword}, {parole}, {countersign}]
7: an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it" [syn: {discussion}, {give-and-take}]
8: the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen" [syn: {Bible}, {Christian Bible}, {Book}, {Good Book}, {Holy Scripture}, {Holy Writ}, {Scripture}, {Word of God}]
9: a verbal command for action; "when I give the word, charge!"
10: a word is a string of bits stored in computer memory; "large computers use words up to 64 bits long"
verb: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" [syn: {give voice}, {formulate}, {phrase}, {articulate}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
331 Moby Thesaurus words for "word": 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
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
Word {Microsoft Word}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
word A fundamental unit of storage in a computer. The size of a word in a particular computer architecture is one of its chief distinguishing characteristics. The size of a word is usually the same as the width of the computer's {data bus} so it is possible to read or write a word in a single operation. An instruction is usually one or more words long and a word can be used to hold a whole number of characters. These days, this nearly always means a whole number of {bytes} (eight bits), most often 32 or 64 bits. In the past when six bit {character sets} were used, a word might be a multiple of six bits, e.g. 24 bits (four characters) in the {ICL 1900} series. (1994-11-11)
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