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  • noun. A sound or a combination of sounds, or its representation in writing or printing, that symbolizes and communicates a meaning and may consist of a single morpheme or of a combination of morphemes.
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  • noun. Something said; an utterance, remark, or comment.
  • noun. A command or direction; an order.
  • noun. An assurance or promise; sworn intention.
  • noun. A verbal signal; a password or watchword.
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  • noun. Discourse or talk; speech.
  • noun. The text of a vocal composition; lyrics.
  • noun. Hostile or angry remarks made back and forth.
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  • noun. News.
  • noun. Rumor.
  • noun. Used euphemistically in combination with the initial letter of a term that is considered offensive or taboo or that one does not want to utter.
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  • noun. The Scriptures; the Bible.
  • noun. A set of bits that is of a fixed size and is typically operated on by a computer's processor.
  • transitive verb. To express in words.
  • interjection. Used to express approval or an affirmative response to something. Sometimes used with up.
  • idiom. (at a word) In immediate response.
  • idiom. (good word) A favorable comment.
  • idiom. (good word) Favorable news.
  • idiom. (have a word with) To have a brief conversation with (someone); speak to.
  • idiom. (have no words for) To be unable to describe or talk about.
  • idiom. (in a word) In short; in summary.
  • idiom. (in so many words) In precisely those words; exactly.
  • idiom. (in so many words) Speaking candidly and straightforwardly.
  • idiom. (of few words) Not conversational or loquacious; laconic.
  • idiom. (of (one's) word) Displaying personal dependability.
  • idiom. (take at (someone's) word) To be convinced of another's sincerity and act in accord with his or her statement.
  • idiom. (take (someone's) word for it) To believe what someone says without investigating further.
  • idiom. (upon my word) Indeed; really.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An erroneous form of ord.
  • To express in words; phrase.
  • To ply with or overpower by words; talk.
  • To flatter; cajole.
  • To make or unmake by a word or command.
  • To speak; talk; converse; discourse.
  • noun. A sound, or combination of sounds, used in any language as the sign of a conception, or of a conception together with its grammatical relations; the smallest bit of human language forming a grammatical part of speech; a vocable; a term.
  • noun. The letter or letters or other characters, written or printed, which represent such a vocable: as, a word misprinted.
  • noun. Speech; talk; discourse; conversation: commonly in the plural.
  • noun. Saying; remark; expression: as, a word of comfort or sympathy; a word of reproach.
  • noun. A symbol of thought, as distinguished from thought itself; sound as opposed to sense.
  • noun. Intelligence; information; tidings; report: without an article, and used only as a singular: as, to send word of one's arrival.
  • noun. An expression of will or decision; an injunction; command; order.
  • noun. A password; a watchword; a war-cry; a signal, or term of recognition, even when consisting of several words.
  • noun. A brief or pithy remark or saying; a proverb; a motto.
  • noun. Affirmation; promise; obligation; good faith; a term or phrase implying or containing an assertion, declaration, assurance, or the like, which involves the faith or honor of the utterer of it: with a possessive: as, I pledge you my word; on my word, sir.
  • noun. Utterances or terms interchanged expressive of anger, contention, or reproach: in the plural, and often qualified by high, hot, hard, sharp, or the like.
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    the word  
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    Rhyme
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