Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word word. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in word.
Definitions and meaning of word
word
Alternative forms
worde(obsolete)
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɜːd/
(General American) enPR: wûrd, IPA(key): /wɝd/
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
Homophone: whirred(accents with the wine-whine merger)
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishword, from Old Englishword, from Proto-West Germanic*word, from Proto-Germanic*wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European*wr̥dʰh₁om. Doublet of verb and verve; further related to vrata.
Noun
word (countable and uncountable, pluralwords)
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.)
The smallest discrete unit of spoken language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more phonemes and one or more morphemes
2006 Feb. 17, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 1, Episode 4:
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.
The smallest discrete unit of written language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more letters or symbols and one or more morphemes
A discrete, meaningful unit of language approved by an authority or native speaker (compare non-word).
Something like such a unit of language:
Hypernym:syntagma
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.
(telegraphy) A unit of text equivalent to five characters and one space. [from 19th c.]
(computing) 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). [from 20th c.]
(computer science) A finite string that is not a command or operator. [from 20th or 21st c.]
(group theory) A group element, expressed as a product of group elements.
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.]
Synonym:promise
A brief discussion or conversation. [from 15th c.]
(meiosis) A minor reprimand.
(in the plural)Seewords.
(theology, sometimes Word) Communication from God; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible, Scripture. [from 10th c.]
Synonyms:word of God, Bible
(theology, sometimes Word) Logos, Christ. [from 8th c.]
Synonyms:God, Logos
Usage notes
In English and other languages with a tradition of space-delimited writing, it is customary to treat "word" as referring to any sequence of characters delimited by spaces. However, this is not applicable to languages such as Chinese and Japanese, which are normally written without spaces, or to languages such as Vietnamese, which are written with spaces delimiting syllables.
In computing, the size (length) of a word, while being fixed in a particular machine or processor family design, can be different in different designs, for many reasons. See Word (computer architecture) for a full explanation.
Synonyms
vocable; see alsoThesaurus:word
Derived terms
Descendants
Chinese Pidgin English: word, 𭉉
Translations
Verb
word (third-person singular simple presentwords, present participlewording, simple past and past participleworded)
(transitive) To say or write (something) using particular words; to phrase (something).
Synonyms:express, phrase, put into words, state
(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.
Derived terms
Translations
Interjection
word
(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.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:word.
See also
allomorph
compound word
grapheme
idiomatic
lexeme
listeme
morpheme
orthographic
phrase
set phrase
syllable
term
Etymology 2
Variant of worth(“to become, turn into, grow, get”), from Middle Englishworthen, from Old Englishweorþan(“to turn into, become, grow”), from Proto-West Germanic*werþan, from Proto-Germanic*werþaną(“to turn, turn into, become”). More at worth § Verb.
Verb
word
Alternative form of worth(“to become”).
See also
Appendix:Wordhood
Further reading
word on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
drow
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutchworden, from Middle Dutchwerden, from Old Dutchwerthan, from Proto-Germanic*werþaną.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /vɔrt/
Verb
word (presentword, present participlewordende, past participlegeword)
to become; to get (to change one’s state)
Forms the present passive voice when followed by a past participle
Usage notes
The verb has an archaic preterite werd: Die kat werd gevoer. (“The cat was fed.”) In contemporary Afrikaans the perfect is used instead: Die kat is gevoer.
Chinese Pidgin English
Alternative forms
𭉉(Chinese spelling)
Etymology
From Englishword.
Noun
word
word
挨仙[sic – meaning ⿰口仙]㕭𭉉 *aai1 sin1[sen1] ju1wut3 I send you word. I will send you word.
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ʋɔrt/
Rhymes: -ɔrt
Verb
word
inflection of worden:
first-person singular present indicative
imperative
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old Englishword, from Proto-West Germanic*word, from Proto-Germanic*wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European*werdʰh₁om. Doublet of verbe.
Alternative forms
vord, weord, woord, worde, wourd, wurd
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /wurd/, /woːrd/
Noun
word (pluralwordesor(early)word)
A word(separable, discrete linguistic unit)
A statement; a linguistic unit said or written by someone:
A speech; a formal statement.
A byword or maxim; a short expression of truth.
A promise; an oath or guarantee.
A motto; an expression associated with a person or people.
A piece of news (often warning or recommending)
An order or directive; something necessary.
A religious precept, stricture, or belief.
The act of speaking (especially as opposed to action):
Discourse; the exchange of statements.
The basic, non-figurative reading of something.
The way one speaks (especially with modifying adjective)
(theology) The Logos (Jesus Christ)
(rare) The human faculty of language as a whole.
Related terms
Descendants
English: word
Scots: wird, wourd
References
“wō̆rd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 February 2020.
Etymology 2
Noun
word
Alternative form of werde
Old English
Alternative forms
ƿord
uord — Northumbrian
wyrde
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /word/, [worˠd]
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic*word, from Proto-Germanic*wurdą.
Noun
wordn (nominative pluralword)
word
speech, utterance, statement
(grammar) verb
news, information, rumour
c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Nativiity of Our Lord"
command, request
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
Middle English: word, wurd, weord
Scots: word, wourd
English: word
Etymology 2
Unknown. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European*wr̥dʰos(“sweetbriar”). Compare Latinrubus(“bramble”), Persianگل(gol, “flower”).
Noun
word?
thornbush
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic*word, from Proto-Germanic*wurdą.