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Noun word has 10 senses
- word - 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"
--1 is a kind of speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication; language unit, linguistic unit; speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication; language unit, linguistic unit
--1 has part: syllable; affix
--1 has particulars: | | anagram; anaphor; antonym, opposite word, opposite; back-formation; charade; cognate, cognate word; content word, open-class word; contraction; deictic, deictic word; derivative; diminutive; dirty word; disyllable, dissyllable; form, word form, signifier, descriptor; four-letter word, four-letter Anglo-Saxon word; function word, closed-class word; head, head word; headword; heteronym; holonym, whole name; homonym; hypernym, superordinate, superordinate word; hyponym, subordinate, subordinate word; key word; loanblend, loan-blend, hybrid; loanword, loan; meronym, part name; metonym; monosyllable, monosyllabic word; neologism, neology, coinage; nonce word, hapax legomenon; oxytone; palindrome; primitive; paroxytone; partitive; polysemant, polysemantic word, polysemous word; polysyllable, polysyllabic word; proparoxytone; quantifier; quantifier, logical quantifier; reduplication; substantive; synonym, equivalent word; term; terminology, nomenclature, language; trisyllable; troponym, manner name; vocable, spoken word; classifier; written word; syncategorem, syncategoreme; word; anagram; anaphor; antonym, opposite word, opposite; back-formation; charade; cognate, cognate word; content word, open-class word; contraction; deictic, deictic word; derivative; diminutive; dirty word; disyllable, dissyllable; form, word form, signifier, descriptor; four-letter word, four-letter Anglo-Saxon word; function word, closed-class word; head, head word; headword; heteronym; holonym, whole name; homonym; hypernym, superordinate, superordinate word; hyponym, subordinate, subordinate word; key word; loanblend, loan-blend, hybrid; loanword, loan; meronym, part name; metonym; monosyllable, monosyllabic word; neologism, neology, coinage; nonce word, hapax legomenon; oxytone; palindrome; primitive; paroxytone; partitive; polysemant, polysemantic word, polysemous word; polysyllable, polysyllabic word; proparoxytone; quantifier; quantifier, logical quantifier; reduplication; substantive; synonym, equivalent word; term; terminology, nomenclature, language; trisyllable; troponym, manner name; vocable, spoken word; classifier; written word; syncategorem, syncategoreme |
- word - a brief statement; "he didn't say a word about it"
--2 is a kind of text, textual matter; statement; text, textual matter; statement
--2 is a part of song; lyric, words, language; song
--2 has particulars: love lyric; lyric, words, language; love lyric
- news, intelligence, tidings, word - new information about specific and timely events; "they awaited news of the outcome"
--3 is a kind of language, linguistic communication; information, info; language, linguistic communication; information, info
--3 has particulars:
- Son, Word, Logos - the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)
--4 is a kind of dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict; hypostasis; dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict; hypostasis
--4 has particulars: | | affray, altercation, fracas; bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss; bust-up; Son, Word, Logos; Messiah; Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth, the Nazarene, Jesus Christ, Christ, Savior, Saviour, Good Shepherd, Redeemer, Deliverer; quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup; affray, altercation, fracas; bicker, bickering, spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss; bust-up; Son, Word, Logos; Messiah; Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth, the Nazarene, Jesus Christ, Christ, Savior, Saviour, Good Shepherd, Redeemer, Deliverer |
- parole, word, word of honor - a promise; "he gave his word"
--5 is a kind of line; promise; line; promise
--5 is a part of
--5 has particulars:
- password, watchword, word, parole, countersign - a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password"
--6 is a kind of positive identification; secret, arcanum; positive identification; secret, arcanum
- discussion, give-and-take, word - an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it"
--7 is a kind of speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication; speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
--7 has particulars: | | argument, argumentation, debate; deliberation; conference, group discussion; panel discussion; postmortem; public discussion, ventilation; negotiation, dialogue, talks; discussion, give-and-take, word; argument, argumentation, debate; deliberation; conference, group discussion; panel discussion; postmortem; public discussion, ventilation; negotiation, dialogue, talks |
- Bible, Christian Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God, Word - the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"
--8 is a kind of sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text; sacred text, sacred writing, religious writing, religious text
--8 has parts: Old Testament; Testament; New Testament; text
--8 has particulars: | | family Bible; Vulgate; Douay Bible, Douay Version, Douay-Rheims Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, Rheims-Douay Bible, Rheims-Douay Version; Authorized Version, King James Version, King James Bible; Revised Version; New English Bible; American Standard Version, American Revised Version; Revised Standard Version; Bible, Christian Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God, Word; family Bible; Vulgate; Douay Bible, Douay Version, Douay-Rheims Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, Rheims-Douay Bible, Rheims-Douay Version; Authorized Version, King James Version, King James Bible; Revised Version; New English Bible; American Standard Version, American Revised Version; Revised Standard Version |
- word - a verbal command for action; "when I give the word, charge!"
--9 is a kind of order; order
- word - a word is a string of bits stored in computer memory; "large computers use words up to 64 bits long"
--10 is a kind of computer memory unit; computer memory unit
--10 is a part of
--10 has part: byte
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