a speech sound, or series of them, serving to communicate meaning and consisting of at least one base morpheme with or without prefixes or suffixes; unit of language between the morpheme and the sentence
a letter or group of letters representing such a unit of language, written or printed usually in solid or hyphenated form
a brief expression, statement, remark, etc.: a word of advice
a promise, affirmation, or assurance: to give a person one's word
news; information; tidings: no word from home; what's the good word?
a password or signal
a command, order, or authorization: waiting for the word to go ahead
talk; speech
the lyrics, text, libretto, etc. of a musical composition that is sung
a quarrel; dispute; argument
Archaic a saying; proverb
Comput. a basic unit of storage in a memory, consisting of a certain number of bits