word

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?

Common collocations

• kind word Adjective + noun
• spoken word Adjective + noun
• choose your words Verb + noun
• cognate word Adjective + noun
• curse word Noun + noun
• nonce word Adjective + noun
• polysyllabic word Adjective + noun
• word processor Noun + noun
• emphatic word Adjective + noun

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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