| Word | |
| 1. n. Scripture; The Bible. | |
| 2. n. The creative word of God; logos. | |
| 3. n. The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.) | |
| 4. n. The smallest discrete unit of spoken language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more phonemes and one or more morphemes | |
| 5. n. The smallest discrete unit of written language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more letters or symbols and one or more morphemes | |
| 6. n. A discrete, meaningful unit of language approved by an authority or native speaker (compare non-word). | |
| 7. n. Something like such a unit of language: | |
| 8. n. A sequence of letters, characters, or sounds, considered as a discrete entity, though it does not necessarily belong to a language or have a meaning | |
| 9. n. (telegraphy) A unit of text equivalent to five characters and one space. | |
| 10. n. (computing) A fixed-size group of bits handled as a unit by a machine (on many 16-bit machines, 16 bits or two bytes). | |
| 11. n. (computer science) A finite string that is not a command or operator. | |
| 12. n. (group theory) A group element, expressed as a product of group elements. | |
| 13. n. The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action. | |
| 14. n. (now rare outside certain phrases) Something that someone said; a comment, utterance; speech. | |
| 15. n. (obsolete outside certain phrases) A watchword or rallying cry, a verbal signal (even when consisting of multiple words). | |
| mum's the word | |
| 16. n. (obsolete) A proverb or motto. | |
| 17. n. News; tidings (used without an article). | |
| Have you had any word from John yet? | |
| 18. n. An order; a request or instruction; an expression of will. | |
| He sent word that we should strike camp before winter. | |
| Don't fire till I give the word | |
| Their mother's word was law. | |
| 19. n. A promise; an oath or guarantee. | |
| I give you my word that I will be there on time. | |
| 20. n. A brief discussion or conversation. | |
| Can I have a word with you? | |
| 21. n. (in the plural) See words. | |
| There had been words between him and the secretary about the outcome of the meeting. | |
| 22. n. (theology, sometimes Word) Communication from God; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible, Scripture. | |
| Her parents had lived in Botswana, spreading the word among the tribespeople. | |
| 23. n. (theology, sometimes Word) Logos, Christ. | |
| 24. v. To say or write (something) using particular words; to phrase (something). | |
| I’m not sure how to word this letter to the council. | |
| 25. v. (transitive, obsolete) To flatter with words, to cajole. | |
| 26. v. To ply or overpower with words. | |
| 27. v. (transitive, rare) To conjure with a word. | |
| 28. v. (intransitive, archaic) To speak, to use words; to converse, to discourse. | |
| 29. interj. (slang) Truth, indeed, that is the truth! The shortened form of the statement "My word is my bond.". | |
| "Yo, that movie was epic!" / "Word?" ("You speak the truth?") / "Word." ("I speak the truth.") | |
| 30. interj. (slang) An abbreviated form of word up; a statement of the acknowledgment of fact with a hint of nonchalant approval. | |
| 31. v. alternative form of worth (to become). | |
