Text: 1 a pronounceable series of letters having a distinct meaning especially in a particular field<my doctor used all of these medical words that I didn't understand>Synonymsexpression, termRelated Wordslinguistic form, monosyllable, morpheme; collocation, idiom, locution, phrase; archaism, coinage, colloquialism, euphemism, loan word, modernism, neologism 2 something that is said<people who believe that the Bible is the literal word of God>Synonymsstatement, utteranceRelated Wordscommunication, message; announcement, declamation, declaration, manifesto, proclamation, pronouncement 3 a report of recent events or facts not previously known<what's the latest word on the airplane crash?>— see news 4 a person's solemn declaration that he or she will do or not do something<I give you my word that I won't try to escape>— see promise 5 a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned<her word is law inside the classroom>— see command 1

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