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word
English
Alternative forms
- vurd (Bermuda)
- worde (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /w??d/
- (General American) enPR: wûrd, IPA(key): /w?d/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
- Homophone: whirred (accents with the wine-whine merger)
Etymology 1
From Middle English word, from Old English word, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurd?, from Proto-Indo-European *wr?d?h?om. Doublet of verb.
Noun
word (countable and uncountable, plural words)
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
- The smallest discrete unit of written language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more letters or symbols and one or more morphemes
- , act 2, scene 2:
- Polonius: What do you read, my lord?
- Hamlet: Words, words, words.
- , act 2, scene 2:
- A discrete, meaningful unit of language approved by an authority or native speaker (compare non-word).
- The smallest discrete unit of spoken language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more phonemes and one or more morphemes
- Something like such a unit of language:
- 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.
- 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
- 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.]
- 1611, Bible, Authorized Version, Matthew XXVI.75:
- And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
- 1611, Bible, Authorized Version, Matthew XXVI.75:
- (obsolete outside certain phrases) A watchword or rallying cry, a verbal signal (even when consisting of multiple words).
- (obsolete) A proverb or motto.
- News; tidings (used without an article). [from 10th c.]
- Word had gone round during the day that old Major, the prize Middle White boar, had had a strange dream on the previous night and wished to communicate it to the other animals.
- 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.]
- (in the plural) See words.
- (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.]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John I:
- And that worde was made flesshe, and dwelt amonge vs, and we sawe the glory off yt, as the glory off the only begotten sonne off the father, which worde was full of grace, and verite.
- Synonyms: God, Logos
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John I:
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 also Thesaurus:word
Derived terms
Descendants
- Chinese Pidgin English: word, ????
Translations
Verb
word (third-person singular simple present words, present participle wording, simple past and past participle worded)
- (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.
- c. 1645–1715, Robert South, Sermon on Psalm XXXIX. 9:
- Against him [...] who could word heaven and earth out of nothing, and can when he pleases word them into nothing again.
- c. 1645–1715, Robert South, Sermon on Psalm XXXIX. 9:
- (intransitive, archaic) To speak, to use words; to converse, to discourse.
Derived terms
Translations
Interjection
word
- (slang, African-American Vernacular) 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 English worthen, from Old English weorþan (“to turn into, become, grow”), from Proto-Germanic *werþan? (“to turn, turn into, become”). More at worth § Verb.
Verb
word
- Alternative form of worth (“to become”).
Further reading
- word on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- drow
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch worden, from Middle Dutch werden, from Old Dutch werthan, from Proto-Germanic *werþan?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v?rt/
Verb
word (present word, present participle wordende, past participle geword)
- 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
- ???? (Chinese characters)
Etymology
From English word.
Noun
word
- word
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??rt/
- Rhymes: -?rt
Verb
word
- first-person singular present indicative of worden
- imperative of worden
Middle English
Alternative forms
- wurd, weord, vord, woord, wourd, worde
Etymology
From Old English word, from Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurd?, from Proto-Indo-European *werd?h?om. Doublet of verbe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wurd/, /w?rd/, /w??rd/
Noun
word (plural wordes or (Early ME) 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; a 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.
- Discourse; the exchange of statements.
- The act of speaking (especially as opposed to action)
- The basic, non-figurative reading of something.
- The way one speaks (especially with modifying adjective)
- (theology) The Logos (Jesus Christ)
- (rare) The linguistic faculty as a whole.
Related terms
- bodeword
- byword
- hereword
- mysword
- wacche word
- worden
- wordy
- wytword
Descendants
- English: word
- Scots: wird, wourd
References
- “w??rd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 February 2020.
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /word/, [wor?d]
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurd?.
Noun
word n (nominative plural word)
- word
- speech, utterance, statement
- (grammar) verb
- news, information, rumour
- 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 *wr?d?os (“sweetbriar”).
Noun
word ?
- thornbush
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurd?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /w?rd/
Noun
word n
- word
Declension
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account
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?.?ka?nt/
- Rhymes: -a?nt
- Hyphenation: ac?count
Etymology 1
From Middle English account, acounte, accounten, from Anglo-Norman acunte (“account”), from Old French aconte, from aconter (“to reckon”), from Latin comput? (“to sum up”).
Noun
account (plural accounts)
- (accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. [from c. 1300]
- (banking) A bank account.
- 1910, Journal of the American Bankers Association Vol. XI, No. 1, American Bankers Association, page 3:
- The Pueblo bank has advised that the operator opened an account at that bank with currency, and a few days later withdrew the amount.
- 1910, Journal of the American Bankers Association Vol. XI, No. 1, American Bankers Association, page 3:
- A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
- Synonyms: accounting, explanation
- A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
- A record of events; a relation or narrative. [from c. 1610]
- Synonyms: narrative, narration, relation, recital, report, description, explanation
- 1657, James Howell, Londonopolis: An Historical Discourse or Perlustration of the City of London
- A laudible account of the city of London.
- An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
- Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
- Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
- Synonyms: membership, registration
- Meronym: username
- (archaic) A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning.
- Profit; advantage.
Usage notes
- Abbreviations: (business): A/C, a/c, acct., acc.
- Account, narrative, narration, recital are all words applied to different modes of rehearsing a series of events
- Account turns attention not so much to the speaker as to the fact related, and more properly applies to the report of some single event, or a group of incidents taken as whole; for example, a vivid account of a battle, of a shipwreck, of an anecdote, etc.
- A narrative is a continuous story of connected incidents, such as one friend might tell to another; for example, a narrative of the events of a siege, a narrative of one's life, the narrative of the film etc.
- Narration is usually the same as narrative, but is sometimes used to describe the mode of relating events; as, his powers of narration are uncommonly great.
- Recital denotes a series of events drawn out into minute particulars, usually expressing something which peculiarly interests the feelings of the speaker; such as, the recital of one's wrongs, disappointments, sufferings, etc, a piano recital (played without sheet music), a recital of a poem (learned by heart).
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ????? (akaunto)
- ? Swahili: akaunti
Translations
Etymology 2
From Old French acounter, accomptere et al., from a- + conter (“to count”)). Compare count.
Verb
account (third-person singular simple present accounts, present participle accounting, simple past and past participle accounted)
- To provide explanation.
- (obsolete, transitive) To present an account of; to answer for, to justify. [14th-17th c.]
- (intransitive, now rare) To give an account of financial transactions, money received etc. [from 14th c.]
- (transitive) To estimate, consider (something to be as described). [from 14th c.]
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:deem
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, III.8:
- The Pagan Hercules, why was he accounted a hero?
- (intransitive) To consider that. [from 14th c.]
- Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc. [from 15th c.]
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for. [from 16th c.]
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain. [from 16th c.]
- (intransitive) To establish the location for someone. [from 19th c.]
- (intransitive) To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for). [from 19th c.]
- To count.
- (transitive, now rare) To calculate, work out (especially with periods of time). [from 14th c.]
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica:
- neither the motion of the Moon, whereby moneths are computed; nor of the Sun, whereby years are accounted, consisteth of whole numbers, but admits of fractions, and broken parts, as we have already declared concerning the Moon.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica:
- (obsolete) To count (up), enumerate. [14th-17th c.]
- (obsolete) To recount, relate (a narrative etc.). [14th-16th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.6:
- Long worke it were / Here to account the endlesse progeny / Of all the weeds that bud and blossome there [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.6:
- (transitive, now rare) To calculate, work out (especially with periods of time). [from 14th c.]
Derived terms
Translations
Related terms
- accountable
- accountant
Further reading
- account on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- account (bookkeeping) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- account at OneLook Dictionary Search
- account in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English account.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??k?u?nt/
- Hyphenation: ac?count
Noun
account n (plural accounts, diminutive accountje n)
- a subscription to an electronic service
Related terms
- accountant
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: akun
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English account. Doublet of conto.
Noun
account m (invariable)
- (computing) account
- Synonym: conto
Further reading
- account in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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