Wiktionary:Votes/2007-10/Lemma entries/words

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See also: -words

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Etymology

word (Middle English < Old English word < Proto-Germanic *wurða- < Proto-Indo-European base *werə- (“to speak”)) + -s

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words (plural form of word)

  1. (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 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.
  2. Distinct units of language, each with a set meaning, spelling, and pronunciation, which is approved by some authority.
  3. (computing) Numerical values, each with a bit width native to the machine.

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  • (units of language): terms

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word (third-person singular simple present ], present participle ], simple past ], past participle ])

  1. (transitive) says or writes (something) using particular words.

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Category:Communication Category:Semantics

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