word : Idioms & Phrases

• the use of a word in such a way as to be capable of double meaning; punning.

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• faithful to a promise.

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• swaggering or threatening language. Obs.

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• adverb orally
  viva voce.
  
  • I heard it viva voce
• adverb by spoken rather than written means
  orally.
  
  • these stories were transmitted by word of mouth

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• orally; by actual speaking. Boyle.

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• noun the manner in which something is expressed in words
  diction; phrasing; verbiage; phraseology; wording.
  
  • use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton

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• noun a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning
  closed-class word.
  

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• noun a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
  cognate.
  

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• a word composed of two or more words; specifically, two or more words joined together by a hyphen.

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• noun a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned
  content word.
  

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• noun profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
  swearing; swearword; expletive; cuss; curse; oath.
  
  • expletives were deleted

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• noun a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs
  deictic.
  
  • words that introduce particulars of the speaker's and hearer's shared cognitive field into the message"- R.Rommetveit

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• noun an offensive or indecent word or phrase
  obscenity; smut; filth; vulgarism.
  
• noun a word that is considered to be unmentionable
  
  • `failure' is a dirty word to him

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• noun loud and confused and empty talk
  rhetoric; palaver; empty talk; hot air.
  
  • mere rhetoric

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• noun the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary
  citation form; entry word.
  

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• noun two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
  synonym.
  

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• noun any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive
  four-letter Anglo-Saxon word.
  

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• noun any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive
  four-letter Anglo-Saxon word.
  

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• noun a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning
  closed-class word.
  

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• verb get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
  pick up; get a line; discover; see; hear; learn; find out; get wind.
  
  • I learned that she has two grown-up children
  • I see that you have been promoted

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• noun a word form that has entered the language through the perpetuation of an error
  

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• noun something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable
  testimonial; recommendation.
  
• noun good news
  

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• commendation; favorable account. "And gave the harmless fellow a good word." Pope.

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• noun a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page
  catchword; guideword.
  

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• verb censure severely or angrily
  call on the carpet; rag; dress down; remonstrate; chew out; take to task; call down; jaw; lambast; trounce; scold; chide; berate; chew up; rebuke; reprimand; reproof; lecture; bawl out; lambaste.
  
  • The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
  • The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
  • The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup

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• noun a content word that can be qualified by a modifier
  headword.
  
• noun (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent
  head.
  

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• noun inconsequential expressions of affection
  sweet nothings.
  
  • he whispered sweet nothings into her ear

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• noun empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
  jazz; nothingness; malarky; malarkey; wind.
  
  • that's a lot of wind
  • don't give me any of that jazz

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• briefly; to sum up.

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• adverb otherwise stated
  put differently.
  
  • in other words, we are broke

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• in declaration; in profession. "Let us not love in word, . . . but in deed and in truth." 1 John iii. 8.

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• noun a word that is used as a pattern to decode an encrypted message
  
• noun a significant word used in indexing or cataloging
  

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• noun the final statement in a verbal argument
  
  • she always gets the last word
• noun an authoritative statement
  
  • my doctor has the last word on the medicines I take
• noun elegance by virtue of being fashionable
  stylishness; swank; smartness; chicness; chichi; modishness; chic.
  

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• noun the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary
  citation form; entry word.
  

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• noun a word or utterance of one syllable
  monosyllable.
  

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• noun a word with a special meaning used for a special occasion
  hapax legomenon.
  

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• "a word apparently employed only for the nonce".

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• (R. C. Ch.), an order of nuns founded in France in 1625, and approved in 1638. The order, which also exists in the United States, was instituted for the purpose of doing honor to the "Mystery of the Incarnation of the Son of God."

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• noun a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned
  content word.
  

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• noun a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
  antonym; opposite.
  
  • to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'

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• noun a word having more than one meaning
  polysemantic word; polysemant.
  

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• noun a word having more than one meaning
  polysemantic word; polysemant.
  

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• noun a word of more than three syllables
  polysyllable.
  

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• noun a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
  blend; portmanteau.
  
  • `smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'
  • `motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'
  • `brunch' is a well-known portmanteau

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• (Law), words of recommendation, request, entreaty, wish, or expectation, employed in wills, as distinguished from express directions; in some cases creating a trust.

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• noun (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
  radical; stem; theme; base; root.
  
  • thematic vowels are part of the stem

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• verb inform (somebody) of something
  apprize; apprise; give notice; notify; advise.
  
  • I advised him that the rent was due

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• adjective satellite harsh
  sharp; tart.
  
  • sharp criticism
  • a sharp-worded exchange
  • a tart remark

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• noun an epithet that can be used to smear someone's reputation
  
  • he used the smear word `communist' for everyone who disagreed with him

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• noun a word that is spoken aloud
  vocable.
  

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• noun a linear sequence of words as spoken or written
  string of words; linguistic string.
  

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• noun a word that is more specific than a given word
  subordinate; hyponym.
  

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• noun a word that is more generic than a given word
  superordinate; hypernym.
  

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• . (Theol.) (a) The gospel message; esp., the Scriptures, as a revelation of God. "Bold to speak the word without fear." Phil. i. 14. (b) The second person in the Trinity before his manifestation in time by the incarnation; among those who reject a Trinity of persons, some one or all of the divine attributes personified. John i. 1.

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• to retract what one has said. (See the Citation under Blurt.)
• to retract what has been said.

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• to speak for; to act as spokesman. Obs. "Our host hadde the wordes for us all." Chaucer.

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• to multiply words.

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• to bandy words; to dispute. Obs. "To word it with a shrew."

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• noun an equivocal qualification; a word used to avoid making an outright assertion
  

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• adjective satellite evasively worded in order to avoid an unqualified statement
  hedged.
  

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• noun teaching reading by training beginners to associate printed words with spoken words
  

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• noun the distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word
  word accent.
  

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• noun inability to perceive written words
  alexia; visual aphasia.
  

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• (Physiol.), inability to understand printed or written words or symbols, although the person affected may be able to see quite well, speak fluently, and write correctly. Landois & Stirling.

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• noun one of the traditional categories of words intended to reflect their functions in a grammatical context
  part of speech; form class.
  

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• noun an impairment in understanding spoken language that is not attributable to hearing loss
  auditory aphasia; acoustic aphasia.
  

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• (Physiol.), inability to understand spoken words, though the person affected may hear them and other sounds, and hence is not deaf.

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• noun division of a word especially at the end of a line on a page
  hyphenation.
  

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• (Physiol.), inability to express ideas in verbal language, though the power of speech is unimpaired.

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• noun a thesaurus organized to help you find the word you want but cannot think of
  wordfinder.
  

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• adverb using exactly the same words
  verbatim.
  
  • he repeated her remarks verbatim

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• in the exact words; verbatim; literally; exactly; as, to repeat anything word for word.

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• noun the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
  descriptor; form; signifier.
  
  • the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached

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• noun any game involving the formation or alteration or discovery of words
  

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• noun the accepted meaning of a word
  word meaning; acceptation.
  

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• noun cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)
  monition; warning; admonition.
  
  • a letter of admonition about the dangers of immorality
  • the warning was to beware of surprises
  • his final word of advice was not to play with matches

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• noun an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting
  farewell.
  

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• noun a manifestation of the mind and will of God
  
• noun the sacred writings of the Christian religions
  Christian Bible; Bible; Word; Holy Writ; Holy Scripture; Book; Good Book; Scripture.
  
  • he went to carry the Word to the heathen
• noun the message of the Gospel of Christ
  

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• noun a promise
  parole; word.
  
  • he gave his word

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• noun gossip spread by spoken communication
  grapevine; pipeline.
  
  • the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth

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• noun the order of words in a text
  

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• the act of describing an object fully and vividly by words only, so as to present it clearly to the mind, as if in a picture.

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• noun a graphic or vivid verbal description
  picture; delineation; characterization; characterisation; word picture; depiction.
  
  • too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures
  • the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland
  • the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters

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• an accurate and vivid description, which presents an object clearly to the mind, as if in a picture.

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• noun playing on words or speech sounds
  

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• noun rapid and efficient processing (storage and printing) of linguistic data for composition and editing
  

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• noun an application that provides the user with tools needed to write and edit and format text and to send it to a printer
  word processing system.
  

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• noun an application that provides the user with tools needed to write and edit and format text and to send it to a printer
  word processing system.
  

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• noun jumble of incoherent speech as sometimes heard in schizophrenia
  

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• noun the accepted meaning of a word
  word meaning; acceptation.
  

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• noun a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across
  acrostic.
  

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• a series of words so arranged that they can be read vertically and horizontally with like results.

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• noun the distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word
  word accent.
  

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• noun a linear sequence of words as spoken or written
  string of words; linguistic string.
  

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• noun the admissible arrangement of sounds in words
  morphology; sound structure; syllable structure.
  

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• adjective of or relating to or symptomatic of alexia
  alexic.
  

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Word"-catch`er noun

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1. One who cavils at words.

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• adjective satellite expressed orally
  viva-voce.
  
  • a viva-voce report
  • the film had good word-of-mouth publicity

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• noun a writer of vivid or graphic descriptive power
  

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• noun a graphic or vivid verbal description
  picture; delineation; characterization; characterisation; word picture; depiction.
  
  • too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures
  • the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland
  • the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters

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• adjective satellite correct to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words
  letter-perfect.
  
  • a letter-perfect rendition of the soliloquy
  • she was word-perfect in her part

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• noun making too fine distinctions of little importance
  hairsplitting.
  
  • they didn't take his hairsplitting seriously

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• noun the worship of words
  verbolatry; grammatolatry.
  

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• noun the rate at which words are produced (as in speaking or typing)
  wpm.
  

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• noun the written form of a word
  
  • while the spoken word stands for something, the written word stands for something that stands for something
  • a craftsman of the written word

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