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word [n]

1)	a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"

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language_unit articulate anagram anaphor antonym back-formation charade cognate content_word contraction deictic derivative diminutive dirty_word dissyllable descriptor four-letter_anglo-saxon_word closed-class_word head headword heteronym holonym homonym hypernym hyponym key_word hybrid loan meronym metonym monosyllabic_word coinage hapax_legomenon oxytone palindrome primitive paroxytone partitive polysemant polysyllabic_word proparoxytone quantifier logical_quantifier reduplication substantive equivalent_word term language trisyllable manner_name spoken_word syllable affix classifier written_word syncategorem

2)	a brief statement; "he didn't say a word about it"

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statement articulate

3)	new information about specific and timely events; "they awaited news of the outcome"

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intelligence news tidings

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info good_word update

4)	the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)

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logos son

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hypostasis messiah christ

5)	a promise; "he gave his word"

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parole word_of_honor

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promise

6)	a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password"

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countersign parole password watchword

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positive_identification arcanum

7)	an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it"

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discussion give-and-take

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language discuss argument deliberation conference panel_discussion postmortem public_discussion dialogue

8)	the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"

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bible book christian_bible good_book holy_scripture holy_writ scripture word_of_god

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religious_text family_bible vulgate douay-rheims_bible authorized_version revised_version new_english_bible american_revised_version revised_standard_version old_testament testament new_testament covenant eisegesis exegesis text gabriel demythologise

9)	a verbal command for action; "when I give the word, charge!"

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order

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a word is a string of bits stored in computer memory; "large computers use words up to 64 bits long"

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k computer_memory_unit byte

word [v]

1)	put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"

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articulate formulate give_voice phrase

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evince articulation idiom phrase choice_of_words expression conceptualisation ask lexicalise dogmatise formularise cast

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

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