Word
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[edit] English
[edit] Noun
Word (plural Words)
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- 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.
- Template:RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet, II.ii —
- Something promised.
- I give you my word that I will be there on time.
- Template:Computing A numerical value with a bit width native to the machine.
[edit] Interjection
word!
- (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
- First-person present singular of worden.
- Second-person present singular of worden, after inversion.
- Imperative of worden.