Word

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[edit] English

[edit] Noun

Word (plural Words)

Singular
Word

Plural
Words

  1. Template:Linguistics A distinct unit of language (sounds in speech or written letters) with a particular meaning, composed of one or more morphemes, and also of one or more phonemes that determine its sound pattern.
    • Template:RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet, II.ii —
      Polonius: What do you read, my lord?
      Hamlet: Words, words, words.
  2. Something promised.
    I give you my word that I will be there on time.
  3. Template:Computing A numerical value with a bit width native to the machine.

[edit] Interjection

word!

  1. (urban slang) "I completely agree".

[edit] Usage notes

  • From the Five Percenters' mantra that "Word is Bond"; an earlier form was "word up".
  • Word is often not spoken in an exclamatory voice.

[edit] Related terms

  • word up

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Verb

word

  1. First-person present singular of worden.
  2. Second-person present singular of worden, after inversion.
  3. Imperative of worden.
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