US /wɜɹd/ UK /wɜːd/
noun Freq #428

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A single unit of language that has meaning and can be spoken or written.

    Words are the blocks from which sentences are made.

  2. 2
    noun

    A short statement or thing that is said.

    I didn't say a word about it to anyone.

  3. 3
    noun

    A serious promise.

    I gave you my word, and I will keep it.

  4. 4
    noun

    News or information about something.

    What's the word on the new phone?

Thesaurus

Synonyms
3 noun · a serious promise. parole
4 noun · news or information about... intelligence
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Word family
Forms wordedwordingwords
Derived forms a-wordafterwordarrowwordb-wordbabble-wordbackwordbarewordbasewordbook-wordbug-wordbuzz-wordbuzzword
Related forms allomorphanimacyaspectclusivitycomparisondefinitenessevidentialityfocusgraphemeidiomaticlemmalexeme

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Etymology

From Middle English word, from Old English word, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą (“word”), from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰh₁om (“word”), from *werh₁- (“to say, speak”). Doublet of verb, verve, and vort; further related to vrata. Cognates Cognate with Scots wird (“word”), North Frisian uurd, Uurt, wurd, wårde, wür (“word”), Saterland Frisian Woud, Wud (“word”), West Frisian wurd (“word”), Alemannic German wort, wourd, wuart, wòrt, wört (“word”), Bavarian boart, bort, bört, Wurt (“word”), Cimbrian bóart, bort (“word”), Dutch woord (“word”), German Wort (“word”), German…

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