Meaning of word | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Scripture; the Bible.
2. Microsoft Word, word processor software developed by Microsoft.
3. 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.)
   countable, uncountable
4. The creative word of God; Logos.
5. The smallest discrete unit of spoken language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more phonemes and one or more morphemes
   countable, uncountable
6. To express in words: worded the petition carefully.
7. wording
8. The smallest discrete unit of written language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more letters or symbols and one or more morphemes
   countable, uncountable
9. Slang Used to express approval or an affirmative response to something. Sometimes used with up.
   Slang
10. word (promise)
11. A discrete, meaningful unit of language approved by an authority or native speaker (compare non-word).
    countable, uncountable
12. In immediate response.
13. Something like such a unit of language:
    countable, uncountable
14. 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.
    countable, uncountable
15. To have a brief conversation with (someone); speak to.
16. To be unable to describe or talk about.
17. A unit of text equivalent to five characters and one space.
    countable, uncountable
18. In short; in summary: In a word, the situation is serious.
19. A fixed-size group of bits handled as a unit by a machine and which can be stored in or retrieved from a typical register (so that it has the same size as such a register).
    countable, uncountable
20. Not conversational or loquacious; laconic: a person of few words.
21. With regards to Intel or Intel-compatible hardware and/or in the context of Windows programming, a group of exactly 16 bits regardless of the actual processor capabilities; a fossilized unit referring to the small word size of historical CPUs.
    countable, uncountable
22. Displaying personal dependability: a woman of her word.
23. A finite string that is not a command or operator.
    countable, uncountable
24. To be convinced of another's sincerity and act in accord with his or her statement: We took them at their word that the job would be done on time.
25. A group element, expressed as a product of group elements.
    countable, uncountable
26. To believe what someone says without investigating further.
27. The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action. .
    countable, uncountable
28. Something that someone said; a comment, utterance; speech.
    countable, uncountable
29. A watchword or rallying cry, a verbal signal (even when consisting of multiple words).
    countable, uncountable
30. A proverb or motto.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
31. News; tidings.
    uncountable
32. An order; a request or instruction; an expression of will.
    countable, uncountable
33. A promise; an oath or guarantee.
    countable, uncountable
34. A brief discussion or conversation.
    countable, uncountable
35. A minor reprimand.
    countable, uncountable
36. See words.
    countable, in-plural, uncountable
37. Communication from God; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible, Scripture.
    countable, uncountable
38. Logos, Christ.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“But every word, whether written or spoken, which urges the woman to antagonism against the man, every word which is written or spoken to try and make of her a hybrid, self-contained opponent of men, makes a rift in the lute to which the world looks for its sweetest music.”

“The word, whether written or spoken, does not look like or sound like its meaning — it does not resemble its signified. We only connect the two because we have learnt the code — language. Without such knowledge, 'Maggie' would just be a meaningless pattern of shapes or sounds.”

“Brian and Abby signed the word clothing, in which the thumbs brush down the chest as though something is hanging there. They both spoke the word clothing. Brian then signed the word for change, […]”

“Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.”

“Then all was silent save the voice of the high priest, whose words grew louder and louder, […]”

“Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.”

“I can't believe you want me back. You've got Jen to thank for that. Her words the other day moved me deeply. Very deeply indeed. Really? What did she say. Like I remember! Point is it's the effect of her words that's important.”

“Polonius: What do you read, my lord? Hamlet: Words, words, words.”

“The name was a confused gift of love from her father, who could not read the word but picked it out of the Bible for its visual shape, […]”

“Well-meaning academics even introduced spelling absurdities such as the “s” in the word “island,” a misguided Renaissance attempt to restore the etymology of the [unrelated] Latin word insula.”

““Ain’t! How often am I to tell you ain’t ain’t a word?””

“Fisherwoman isn’t even a word. It’s not in the dictionary.”

“In still another variation, the nonsense word is presented and the teacher asks, "What sound was in the beginning of the word?" "In the middle?" and so on. The child should always respond with the phoneme; he should not use letter labels.”

“All 15.5 million ‘words’ (or so–the exact length depends on the repeat sequences, which vary greatly) in the twenty-second chapter of the human autobiography have been read and written down in English letters: 47 million As, Cs, Gs and Ts.”

“I wrote a nonsense word, "umbalooie," in the Input Panel's Writing Pad. Input Panel converted it to "cembalos" and displayed it in the Text Preview pane.”

“Here the scribe has dropped the με from καθημενος, thereby creating the nonsense word καθηνος.”

“If M. V. has sustained impairment to a phonological output process common to reading and repetition, we might anticipate that her mispronunciations will partially reflect the underlying phonemic form of the nonsense word.”

“The size of a register in the MIPS architecture is 32 bits; groups of 32 bits occur so frequently that they are given the name word in the MIPS architecture.”

“[…] she believed them still so very much attached to each other, that they could not be too sedulously divided in word and deed on every occasion.”

“As they fell apart against Austria, England badly needed someone capable of leading by word and example.”

“And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.”

“She said; but at the happy word "he lives", / My father stooped, re-fathered, o'er my wound.”

“There is only one other point on which I offer a word of remark.”

“"The Kaiser laid down his arms at a quarter to twelve. In me, however, they have an opponent who ceases fighting only at five minutes past twelve," said Hitler some time ago. He has never spoken a truer word.”

“Despite appearances to the contrary [...] dragomans stuck rigidly to their brief, which was not to translate the Sultan's words, but his word.”

“In what sense is God's Word living? No other word, whether written or spoken, has the power that the Bible has to change lives.”

“mum's the word”

“Our ancient word of courage, fair Saint George, inspire us with the spleen of fiery dragons!”

“I have the word : sentinel, do thou stand; […]”

“Among all other was wrytten in her trone / In golde letters, this worde, whiche I dyde rede: / Garder le fortune que est mauelz et bone.”

“Let the word be 'Not without mustard'. Your crest is very rare, sir.”

“The old word is, 'What the eye views not, the heart rues not.'”

“Have you had any word from John yet?”

“I've tried for weeks to get word, but I still don't know where she is or if she's all right.”

“Word had gone round during the day that old Major, the prize Middle White boar, had had a strange dream on the previous night and wished to communicate it to the other animals.”

“He sent word that we should strike camp before winter.”

“Don't fire till I give the word”

“Their mother's word was law.”

“I give you my word that I will be there on time.”

“I managed to murmur some words of consolation as I left the funeral.”

“Can I have a word with you?”

“I had a word with him about it.”

“There had been words between him and the secretary about the outcome of the meeting.”

“Her parents had lived in Botswana, spreading the word among the tribespeople.”

“And that worde was made flesshe, and dwelt amonge vs, and we sawe the glory off yt, as the glory off the only begotten sonne off the father, which worde was full of grace, and verite.”

“And so the Word had breath, and wrought ⁠With human hands the creed of creeds ⁠In loveliness of perfect deeds, More strong than all poetic thought; […]”

“In one of our first meetings, I explained to President Jiang that faith was a vital part of my life and that I studied the Word every day. I told him I planned to raise freedom of worship in our conversations. "I read the Bible," he replied, "but I don’t trust what it says."”

“Mad Prophet: Repent! Repent and restore your souls to glory before it is too late! This great station has fallen, and all within shall fall with it! Mad Prophet: For the blight that is humanity stains all within its path, and the only chance at redemption lies in the Word!”

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

“And so the Word had breath, and wrought ⁠With human hands the creed of creeds ⁠In loveliness of perfect deeds, More strong than all poetic thought; […]”

“You have to type that up in Word.”

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