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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Plural form of word.
- n. An angry discussion.
- v. third-person singular simple present indicative form of word.
WordNet 3.0
- n. words making up the dialogue of a play
- n. the words that are spoken
- n. the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
- n. an angry dispute
- n. language that is spoken or written
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Old English; see wer-5 in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“_The hyphen in initial words indicates the composition of the words_.”
“Those who failed to interpret the words, or to extract the idea from them, reiterated the _words_ to themselves, and would perhaps be able to repeat the words again, but they do so in the same manner that a person reads or repeats words in an unknown tongue.”
“But even this is not enough, where the child is dull, or where healthful mental exercise is required; and accordingly in that case, the teacher not only questions upon the clauses in connection with the other principal words, but he takes the _words_, of which the clauses are composed, and catechises the child upon them also.”
“The child will then be able -- not to repeat the words only, for that is not the effect of this exercise, -- but to communicate the ideas in his _own words_; which, however, will generally be found to be the very same as in the book.”
“In (_a_) the application of _words_ is limited, or restricted, to the two words mentioned; in (_c_) _words_ is restricted to a certain kind.”
“Words that are read more forcibly than other words in a sentence are called _emphatic words_.”
“_Ideas are never words_ nor are _words ever ideas_, but words become so”
“_The drift from God is a movement of events, a propulsion of vital experience, not a parade of words to be diverted by other words_.”
“Lady Rosamond clung to those kind words with a fond pertinacity: not only the _words_, but the manner in which they were uttered.”
“If you cannot yet translate the sentence, put down the English meanings of all the words _in the same order as the Latin words_.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘words’.
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Things people might attempt to juggle
balls, chainsaws, cats, responsibilities, clubs, beanbags, fire torches, knives, oranges, cigar boxes, scarves, pineapples and 107 more...
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Words
Just words!
enjoyed, quiet breath, my jacket torn to..., daze, missing angel juan, had, there are these t..., called, buffalo, sun, word, words and 14 more...
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Things that might glow in the dark
glowworm, lightning bug, firefly, Vibrio fischeri, radium dial, Hawaiian bobtail ..., railroad worm, foxfire, distant cities, Cherenkov radiation, Wint-O-Green Life..., glow sticks and 49 more...
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AMAZING things
Things that are amazing.
Beaches, squab, Sprite, Photography, Sunsets, Nutella, Cell Phones, SFF's, Flowers, Weddings, Twitter, Summer and 18 more...
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161 Unit 3: Ch.5 Earth's Atmosphere
This list contains required vocabulary words included in the three Readings in Unit 3, Chapter 5, titled: Earth's Atmosphere. This list is intended for all Kuwait University students enrolled in Sc...
time, a, at, one, words, add, composition, meteor, blanket, blanketed, lungs, shield and 8 more...
hernesheir I much prefer seeing recently added words and lists immediately to the right of the most current Wordnik comments rather than favorited or trending words. I don't at all enjoy scrolling down to locate the recent additions. Nov 30, 2011
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hernesheir "A barren superfluity of words."
Sir Samuel Garth (1661-1719), The Dispensary Sep 20, 2009
mollusque Did anyone happen to notice what the 200,000th unique word was? It would have been nine before desensitized. Dec 9, 2008
vanishedone WeirdNet strikes again: word has it words can be written down too. Mar 3, 2008
muamor Polonius: What do you read, my lord?
Hamlet: Words, words, words.
Scene Two.
Shakespeare. Mar 2, 2008
gangerh Words - things to kill time until our emotions render us inarticulate.
Thank you Arthur Somers Roche. Feb 15, 2008
oroboros A different slant on words: here Jan 23, 2007