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(n): one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed

(n): a brief statement

(n): a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc

(n): information about recent and important events

(n): a message received and understood

(n): a verbal command for action

(n): (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed

(n): an exchange of views on some topic

(n): (language) communication by word of mouth

(n): a promise

(n): a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future

(n): a word is a string of bits stored in computer memory

(n): a unit for measuring computer memory

(n): the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)

(n): any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united

(n): a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group

(n): evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance

(n): information known only to a special group

(n): the sacred writings of the Christian religions

(n): writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity

(v): put into words or an expression

(v): give expression to

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3 months ago brobbins said:

will, messenger

5 months ago seanahan said:

It is.

5 months ago acardinale said:

bouncebackability is a bippety-boppety way of describing resilience is it not?

6 months ago bilby said:

Does that include bodgy spelling?

6 months ago money said:

bouncebackabilty is a word meaning being able to recover from setbacks and/or obstacles.

about 1 year ago qroqqa said:

As a verb it has a highly unusual property: an adjunct of manner is obligatory (which therefore makes it a complement of manner). You can't just word a letter: you have to word it, for example, carefully or with care.

about 1 year ago muamor said:

'Something you must keep after giving it to another.' - The Foolish Dictionary

over 2 years ago 82times said:

I love word (<== note the recursion indicated) because it is a one-word sentence.

over 2 years ago polymorph said:

I found word by accidentally searching on a null string :) Sometimes the javascript in that search box eats my characters when I mouse fumble and click back in the box twice.

over 2 years ago oroboros said:

Some of the interconnected bounty of words is that a man can be much pleased over his own descriptions of Rome without ever actually going there; and then another, hearing of this, can then enjoy his own verbal condemnation of same.

(Footnote: The mother of all win/win situations was words.)

--Jan Cox

over 2 years ago uselessness said:

One-word sentences? Eliminate.

over 2 years ago johnca said:

Listing "word" connected me to listing recursion. Funnily enough, Wordie actually broke on "word" (it's fixed now).

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