noun
A unit of expression
Classes of words include: common noun, proper noun, personal pronoun, possessive pronoun, demonstrative pronoun, relative pronoun, interrogative pronoun, indefinite pronoun, definite article, indefinite article, transitive verb, intransitive verb, phrasal verb, descriptive adjective, quantitative adjective, participial adjective, adverb, coordinating conjunction, subordinate conjunction, relative conjunction, interjection, gerund, preposition, modifier, subject, predicate, loan word, root, primitive word, parent word, source word, etymon, synonym, antonym, cognative word, analogous word, derivative, slang, colloquialism, jargon, slang word, vulgarism, four-letter word*, dialect word, provincialism, translation, native word, foreign word, idiom, connotative word, denotative word, acronym, eponym.
Promise
Tidings
A brief discourse
See Word in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
A sound or combination of sounds that symbolizes and communicates a meaning:
expression, locution, term. See wordsSomething said:
saying, statement, utterance. See wordsSomething communicated, as information:
communication, message. See wordsA declaration that one will or will not do a certain thing:
assurance, covenant, engagement, guarantee, guaranty, pledge, plight2, promise, solemn word, vow, warrant, word of honor. See obligationAn authoritative indication to be obeyed:
behest, bidding, charge, command, commandment, dictate, direction, directive, injunction, instruction (often used in plural), mandate, order. See over, wordsNew information, especially about recent events and happenings:
advice (often used in plural), intelligence, news, tiding (often used in plural). (Informal) scoop. See knowledge, wordsIdle, often sensational and groundless talk about others:
gossip, gossipry, hearsay, report, rumor, talebearing, tattle, tittle-tattle. (Slang) scuttlebutt. See wordsA discussion, often heated, in which a difference of opinion is expressed.
Used in plural: altercation, argument, bicker, clash, contention, controversy, debate, difficulty, disagreement, dispute, fight, polemic, quarrel, run-in, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle. (Informal) hassle, rhubarb, tangle. See conflictLearn more about Word
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