How to pronounce “word”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (semantics) 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.)
• Something like such a unit of language:
• The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action. [from 9th c].
• (now rare outside certain phrases) Something that someone said; a comment, utterance; speech. [from 10th c.]
• (obsolete outside certain phrases) A watchword or rallying cry, a verbal signal (even when consisting of multiple words).
• (obsolete) A proverb or motto.
• (uncountable) News; tidings. [from 10th c.]
• An order; a request or instruction; an expression of will. [from 10th c.]
• A promise; an oath or guarantee. [from 10th c.]
• A brief discussion or conversation. [from 15th c.]
• (meiosis) A minor reprimand.
• (in the plural) See words.
• (theology, sometimes Word) Communication from God; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible, Scripture. [from 10th c.]
• (theology, sometimes Word) Logos, Christ. [from 8th c.]
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To say or write (something) using particular words; to phrase (something).
• (transitive, obsolete) To flatter with words, to cajole.
• (transitive) To ply or overpower with words.
• (transitive, rare) To conjure with a word.
• (intransitive, archaic) To speak, to use words; to converse, to discourse.
• [Interjection]
• (slang) Truth, indeed, that is the truth! The shortened form of the statement "My word is my bond."
• (slang, emphatic, stereotypically African-American Vernacular) An abbreviated form of word up; a statement of the acknowledgment of fact with a hint of nonchalant approval.

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