word
/wɜːd/
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Translation
A sound or group of letters that has a meaning when you say or write it.
Word origin
From Old English word, meaning speech or a unit of language, shared across the old Germanic languages.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- word
Grammar
Gender
Pluralwords
Examples
word.
"Word" means one unit of language with a meaning.
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"Words" is the plural, meaning more than one word.
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Here "word" names the thing you write letter by letter.
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