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.
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.
Something like such a unit of language:
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.
The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action. .
[…] 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.
To say or write (something) using particular words; to phrase (something).
I’m not sure how to word this letter to the council.
Truth, indeed, that is the truth! The shortened form of the statement "My word is my bond.
"Yo, that movie was epic!" / "Word?" ("You speak the truth?") / "Word." ("I speak the truth.")
An abbreviated form of word up; a statement of the acknowledgment of fact with a hint of nonchalant approval.
"[…] Know what I'm sayin'?" / "Word!" the other man strongly agreed. "Let's do this — "
Scripture; the Bible.
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."
The creative word of God; Logos.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
From Middle English word, from Old English word, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰh₁om. Doublet of verb, verve, and vort; further related to v...
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Alternative form of worth (“to become”).
Microsoft Word, word processor software developed by Microsoft.
You have to type that up in Word.