📖 Определения и значения для слова word
📒 a single unit of language that means something and can be spoken or written
- Do not write more than 200 words.
- Do you know the words to this song?
- word for something What's the Spanish word for ‘table’?
📒 a thing that you say; a remark or statement
- Have a word with Pat and see what she thinks.
- Could I have a quick word with you (= speak to you quickly)?
- A word of warning: read the instructions very carefully.
📒 a promise or guarantee that you will do something or that something will happen or is true
- I give you my word that this won't happen again.
- I give you my word of honour (= my sincere promise)…
- We never doubted her word.
📒 a piece of information or news
- There's been no word from them since before Christmas.
- She sent word that she would be late.
- If word gets out about the affair, he will have to resign.
📒 the Bible and its teachings
📒 what a person actually does means more than what they say they will do
📒 to argue with somebody or speak rudely to them
📒 to be a subject or an idea that people think is bad or morally wrong
- Profit is not a dirty word around here.
- Work is a dirty word to Frank.
📒 to be so surprised, confused, etc. that you do not know what to say
📒 in a way that cannot be expressed in words
- We were bored beyond words.
📒 because people tell each other and not because they read about it
- The news spread by word of mouth.
- The restaurant does not advertise, but relies on word of mouth for custom.
📒 to admit that what you said was wrong
- When he told her she would fail, she swore she would make him eat his words.
📒 people sometimes say Famous last words! when they think somebody is being too confident about something that is going to happen
- ‘Everything's under control.’ ‘Famous last words!’
📒 from the very beginning
📒 (not) to be able to say anything because somebody else is speaking too much
- When Mary starts talking, no one else can get a word in edgeways.
- I wanted to tell you that she'd phoned, but you were talking so much I couldn't get a word in edgeways.
- I wanted to tell you, but I couldn't get a word in.
📒 to listen with great attention to somebody you admire
- The journalists hung on his every word as he spoke of his ordeal.
📒 to speak to somebody privately about something
- Can I have a word in your ear about tomorrow's presentation?
📒 to have an argument with somebody
- We've had words.
- Words were exchanged.
📒 used to introduce an explanation of something
- They asked him to leave—in other words he was fired.
- They're letting me go—in other words, I've been sacked.
- Some poems are mnemonics, i.e. they are designed to help you remember something.
📒 (not) in exactly the same words as somebody says were used
- ‘Did she say she was sorry?’ ‘Not in so many words.’
- He didn't approve of the plan and said so in as many words.
- They told me in so many words that I was no longer needed.
📒 used for giving a very short, usually negative, answer or comment
- ‘Would you like to help us?’ ‘In a word, no.’
📒 using very simple language
- Could you say that again in words of one syllable?
📒 the last comment or decision about something
- He always has to have the last word in any argument.
- I’m willing to wait one more week, and that’s my final word on the subject.
- The Chairman always has the last word on financial decisions.
📒 the most recent, fashionable, advanced, etc. thing
- These apartments are the last word in luxury.
📒 used to tell somebody to say nothing about something and keep it secret
📒 to never say anything good about somebody/something
- Nobody had a good word to say about him.
📒 to say something in a direct way even though it might offend other people
- They were severely criticized by the chairman, who was not a man to mince his words.
- He doesn't mince his words when he talks about his ex-boss.
📒 used to emphasize that a particular word or phrase is the most important one in a sentence
- I was in love with her—‘was’ being the operative word.
- He seemed nice. But ‘seemed’ was the operative word.
📒 the humorous use of a word or phrase that can have two different meanings
📒 what is published in books, newspapers, etc.
- the power of the printed word
📒 to praise somebody to somebody else in order to help them get a job, etc.
- If you run into the boss, put in a good word for me!
📒 to suggest that somebody has said something when in fact they have not
- He felt after the interview that the police officers had been trying to put words into his mouth.
📒 to give an order; to make a request
- Just say the word, and I'll go.
📒 to believe exactly what somebody says or promises
- He said I could stay at his house any time, so I took him at his word.
📒 to say what somebody else was going to say
- I was about to say we should cancel the trip, but she took the words right out of my mouth.
📒 extremely funny, silly, ridiculous, etc.
📒 a bitter argument over a period of time between two or more people or groups
- the political war of words over tax
📒 to choose your words carefully so that you say exactly what you mean
- He spoke slowly, weighing his words.
📒 used to show that you are surprised about something
📒 in exactly the same words or (when translated) words with exactly the same meaning
- She repeated their conversation word for word to me.
- a word-for-word translation
- He repeated word for word what the boy had said to him.
📒 somebody’s promise can be relied on completely
📒 used to show that you are giving the general meaning of what somebody has said rather than the exact words
- He told me to leave—or words to that effect.
📒 language expressed in writing rather than in speech
- the permanence of the written word