Wiktionary:Votes/2007-10/Lemma entries/words
See also: -words
English edit
Etymology edit
word (Middle English < Old English word < Proto-Germanic *wurða- < Proto-Indo-European base *werə- (“to speak”)) + -s
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /wɜːdz/, Template:X-SAMPA
- (US) enPR: wûrdz, IPA(key): /wɝdz/, Template:X-SAMPA
Noun edit
words (plural form of word)
- (linguistics) Distinct units of language (sounds in speech or written letters), each with a particular meaning, composed of one or more morphemes, and also of one or more phonemes that determine its sound pattern.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):, II.ii
- Polonius: What do you read, my lord?
- Hamlet: Words, words, words.
- Distinct units of language, each with a set meaning, spelling, and pronunciation, which is approved by some authority.
- (computing) Numerical values, each with a bit width native to the machine.
Synonyms edit
- (units of language): terms
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
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units of language
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things promised
computing sense
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Third person singular |
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word (third-person singular simple present [[Template:en-verb/getPres3rdSg]], present participle [[Template:en-verb/getPresP]], simple past [[Template:en-verb/getPast]], past participle [[Template:en-verb/getPastP]])
- (transitive) says or writes (something) using particular words.
Synonyms edit
- (says or writes using particular words): expresses, phrases, puts into words, states
Translations edit
says or writes using particular words