A command or direction; an order: gave the word to retreat.
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A sound or a combination of sounds, or its representation in writing or printing, that symbolizes and communicates a meaning and may consist of a single morpheme or of a combination of morphemes.
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A verbal signal; a password or watchword.
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An assurance or promise; sworn intention: She has kept her word.
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Computer Science A set of bits constituting the smallest unit of addressable memory.
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idiom
At a word In immediate response.
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Good word A favorable comment: She put in a good word for me.
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Good word Favorable news.
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Have no words for To be unable to describe or talk about.
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In a word In short; in summary: In a word, the situation is serious.
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interjection
Slang Used to express approval or an affirmative response to something. Sometimes used with up.
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verb-transitive
To express in words: worded the petition carefully.
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verb
To express in.
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