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word
n.
A unit of expression
term, name, expression, designation, concept, vocable, utterance, sound, a voicing, form of speech, speech, locution, free morpheme, morpheme word, lexeme.
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
pledge, commitment, oath, word of honor; see declaration 2, promise.
Tidings
report, news, information, advice, message, intelligence, announcement, account.
A brief discourse
talk, introduction, statement; see speech 3.
favorable comment, recommendation, support; see praise 2.
listen to, adore, look up to; see admire 1, listen 1, 2.
succinctly, cursorily, economically; see briefly 1.
trust in, have faith in, have confidence in, put one's trust in; see believe 1.
information, the facts, the lowdown*; see knowledge 1, truth 1.
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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 conflict
To convey in language or words of a particular form:
couch, express, formulate, phrase, put. See words
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