word
1. a unit of language that native speakers can identify (Freq. 117)
- words are the blocks from which sentences are made
- he hardly said ten words all morning
• Hypernyms:
language unit, linguistic unit
• Hyponyms:
anagram, anaphor, antonym, opposite word, opposite,
back-formation, charade, cognate, cognate word, content word, open-class word,
contraction, deictic, deictic word, derivative, diminutive, dirty word,
disyllable, dissyllable, form, word form, signifier, descriptor,
four-letter word, four-letter Anglo-Saxon word, function word, closed-class word, guide word, guideword,
catchword, head, head word, headword, heteronym, holonym,
whole name, homonym, hypernym, superordinate, superordinate word, hyponym,
subordinate, subordinate word, key word, loanblend, loan-blend, hybrid,
loanword, loan, meronym, part name, metonym, monosyllable,
monosyllabic word, neologism, neology, coinage, nonce word, hapax legomenon,
oxytone, palindrome, primitive, paroxytone, partitive, polysemant,
polysemantic word, polysemous word, polysyllable, polysyllabic word, proparoxytone, quantifier,
logical quantifier, reduplication, retronym, substantive, synonym, equivalent word,
term, terminology, nomenclature, language, trisyllable, troponym,
troponym, vocable, spoken word, classifier, written word,
syncategorem, syncategoreme
• Part Meronyms:
syllable, affix
2. a brief statement (Freq. 18)
- he didn't say a word about it
• Hypernyms:
statement
3. information about recent and important events (Freq. 5)
- they awaited news of the outcome
• Syn:
news, intelligence, tidings
• Hypernyms:
information, info
• Hyponyms:
good word, latest, update
4. a verbal command for action (Freq. 3)
- when I give the word, charge!
• Hypernyms:
order
5. an exchange of views on some topic (Freq. 3)
- we had a good discussion
- we had a word or two about it
• Syn:
discussion, give-and-take
• Derivationally related forms:
discuss (for: discussion)
• Hypernyms:
speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language,
voice communication, oral communication
• Hyponyms:
argument, argumentation, debate, deliberation, conference,
group discussion, panel discussion, postmortem, post-mortem, public discussion, ventilation,
negotiation, dialogue, talks
6. a promise (Freq. 1)
- he gave his word
• Syn:
parole, word of honor
• Hypernyms:
promise
7. a word is a string of bits stored in computer memory
- large computers use words up to 64 bits long
• Hypernyms:
computer memory unit
• Part Holonyms:
kilobyte, kibibyte, K, KB, kB, KiB
• Part Meronyms:
byte
8. a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
- he forgot the password
• Syn:
password, watchword, parole, countersign
• Hypernyms:
positive identification, secret, arcanum
put into words or an expression (Freq. 2)
- He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees
• Syn:
give voice, formulate, phrase, articulate
• Derivationally related forms:
articulation (for: articulate), phrase (for: phrase), phrasing (for: phrase), wording, formulation (for: formulate)
• Hypernyms:
express, show, evince
• Hyponyms:
ask, lexicalize, lexicalise, dogmatize, dogmatise,
dogmatise, formularise, frame, redact, cast,
put, couch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something is ----ing PP (for: give voice)
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