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Meaning:

Interjection:

  • emphatic|stereotypically urban An abbreviated form of word up; a statement of the acknowledgment of fact with a hint of nonchalant approval.
  • urban truth, to tell the truth or to speak the truth; the shortened form of the statement, "My word is my bond," an expression eventually shortened to "Word is bond," before it finally got cut to just "Word," which is its most commonly used form.

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Noun:

  • A discussion.
  • A distinct unit of language which is approved by some authority.
  • computer science A finite string which is not a command or operator.
  • computing A fixed-size group of bits handled as a unit by a machine. On many 16-bit machines a word is 16 bits or two bytes.
  • group theory A group element, expressed as a product of group elements.
  • linguistics A distinct unit of language (sounds in speech or written letters) with a particular meaning, composed of one or more morphemes, and also of one or more phonemes that determine its sound pattern.
  • News; tidings.
  • Scripture; The Bible
  • Something promised, (as in a contract or oath).
  • telegraphy A unit of text equivalent to five characters and one space.
  • The creative word of God; logos
  • sometimes '''Word''' God.
  • sometimes '''Bible.

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Verb:

  • transitive To say or write (something) using particular words.

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