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word

Pronunciation: /word/

“word” is an Old English word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. word
  2. speech, utterance, statement
  3. verb
  4. news, information, rumour
  5. command, request
  6. Logos, the Word of God, the second person of the Trinity, Jesus
  7. thornbush

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *word, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą.

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