WORD: значение слова

I. noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German wort word, Latin verb um, Greek eirein to say, speak, Hittite weriya- to call, name Date: before 12th century

1. something that is said, b. plural talk , discourse , the text of a vocal musical composition, a brief remark or conversation ,

2. a. a speech sound or series of speech sounds that symbolizes and communicates a meaning usually without being divisible into smaller units capable of independent use, the entire set of linguistic forms produced by combining a single base with various inflectional elements without change in the part of speech elements, b. a written or printed character or combination of characters representing a spoken word , any segment of written or printed discourse ordinarily appearing between spaces or between a space and a punctuation mark, a number of bytes processed as a unit and conveying a quantum of information in communication and computer work, order , command ,

4. often capitalized Logos , gospel 1a, the expressed or manifested mind and will of God,

5. news , information , rumor , the act of speaking or of making verb al communication, saying , pro verb , promise , declaration , a quarrelsome utterance or conversation, a verb al signal ; password , 1

1. slang — used interjectionally to express agreement

II. verb
Date: 13th century
intransitive verb speak , transitive verb to express in words ; phrase

word accent
noun see: word stress

word class
noun
Date: 1914
a linguistic form class whose members are words

word for word
adverb
Date: 14th century
in the exact words ; verb atim

word of mouth
Date: 1553 oral communication

word order
noun
Date: 1882
the order or arrangement of words in a phrase, clause, or sentence

word process
verb see: wording

word processing
noun
Date: 1970
the production of typewritten documents (as business letters) with automated and usually computerized typing and text-editing equipment, word process verb

word processor
noun
Date: 1970
a keyboard-operated terminal usually with a video display and a magnetic storage device for use in word processing

word square
noun
Date: circa 1879
a series of words of equal length arranged in a square pattern to read the same horizontally and vertically

word stress
noun
Date: 1898
the manner in which stresses are distributed on the syllables of a word

word wrap
noun
Date: 1977
a word processing feature that automatically transfers a word for which there is insufficient space from the end of one line of text to the beginning of the next