a meaningful unit of language that can stand alone as an utterance and is usu set off by spaces on either side in writing or printing
a meaningful unit of spoken language that can stand alone as an utterance and is not divisible into similar units
a written or printed representation of a spoken word that is usu set off by spaces on either side
in computing, a string of bits (smallest units of computer information; see bit2) that is typically longer than a byte (eight bits) and is processed by a computer as a unit
a 16-bit word
something that is said, e.g.:
a short remark, statement, or conversation
would like a word with you
(in pl) talk or discourse
put one's feelings into words
(in pl) the text of a vocal musical composition
(the word) an order, command, or verbal signal
wait until I give the word
the act of speaking or of making verbal communication
in word and deed
(one's word) a promise
kept their word
news or information
sent word he would be late
(the Word)
= gospel (1a)
the divine wisdom manifest in the creation and redemption of the world, and identified in Christian thought with the second person of the Trinity; Jesus Christ
at once
to keep a promise
from the beginning
to quarrel with (somebody)
in short
expressing the same thing in a different and usu more straightforward way
in exactly those terms
did not admit it in so many words
used to express surprise or astonishment
who can be relied on to keep a promise
a man of his word
to believe somebody literally
to believe, without evidence, that what somebody says or writes is true
to say the very thing that somebody else was about to say