In linguistics a word is the smallest element that may be uttered in isolation with semantic or pragmatic content (with
The term word may refer to a spoken word or to a written word, or sometimes to the abstract concept behind either.
Then all was silent save the voice of the high priest, whose words grew louder and louder, [ …]
Polonius: What do you read, my lord?
Hamlet: Words, words, words.
“Ain’t! How often am I to tell you ain’t ain’t a word?”
In still another variation, the nonsense word is presented and the teacher asks, "What sound was in the beginning of the word?" "In the middle?" and so on. The child should always respond with the phoneme; he should not use letter labels.
The days when The Fonz can come riding in and solve all my problems with a few choice words are long gone! So why don't you leave-amundo?
The word salts has three consonants — /l/, /t/, and /s/ — in its coda, whereas the word glee has no coda at all.
The expression "raze to the ground" is a tautology, since the word "raze" includes the notion "to the ground".
Used in the Beginning of Sentence
Words indenizened, and commonly used as English. — Ben Jonson.
Words have a longer life than deeds. — Pindar (translated)
Used in the Ending of Sentence
The test grader takes off a point for every misspelled word.
In my work I have struggled to express non-lectic, 'mental' schemata into words.
He didn't think I could do it, but I proved him wrong and made him eat his words.
Meaning of word for the defined word.
Grammatically, this word "word" is an interjection. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.