Word
The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of human speech or language; a constituent part of a sentence; a term; a vocable.
Hence, the written or printed character, or combination of characters, expressing such a term; as, the words on a page.
Talk; discourse; speech; language.
Account; tidings; message; communication; information; -- used only in the singular.
Signal; order; command; direction.
Language considered as implying the faith or authority of the person who utters it; statement; affirmation; declaration; promise.
Verbal contention; dispute.
A brief remark or observation; an expression; a phrase, clause, or short sentence.
To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute.
To express in words; to phrase.
To ply with words; also, to cause to be by the use of a word or words.
To flatter with words; to cajole.
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Word Quotations
Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works.
Steve Jobs
Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
Buddha
I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.
Mark Twain
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
Mark Twain
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
Mark Twain
The educated Southerner has no use for an 'R', except at the beginning of a word.
Mark Twain
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
Winston Churchill
I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.
William Shakespeare
Word Translations
word in Afrikaans is woord
word in Danish is ord
word in Dutch is woord, bewoording
word in Finnish is sana
word in French is mot
word in German is Vokabel, Datenwort, Wort, Wort, formulieren
word in Latin is verbum
word in Norwegian is ord
word in Portuguese is palavra
word in Spanish is palabra, formular
word in Swedish is glosa, ord
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