WORD MEANING IN SPANISH

Definition & Synonyms

• Word

1. (n.) Account; tidings; message; communication; information; -- used only in the singular.
2. (n.) Verbal contention; dispute.
3. (n.) Hence, the written or printed character, or combination of characters, expressing such a term; as, the words on a page.
4. (n.) A brief remark or observation; an expression; a phrase, clause, or short sentence.
5. (n.) Signal; order; command; direction.
6. (v. t.) To ply with words; also, to cause to be by the use of a word or words.
7. (n.) Language considered as implying the faith or authority of the person who utters it; statement; affirmation; declaration; promise.
8. (v. i.) To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute.
9. (n.) The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of human speech or language; a constituent part of a sentence; a term; a vocable.
10. (v. t.) To express in words; to phrase.
11. (n.) Talk; discourse; speech; language.
12. (v. t.) To flatter with words; to cajole.

• Word method

1. () A method of teaching reading in which words are first taken as single ideograms and later analyzed into their phonetic and alphabetic elements; -- contrasted with the alphabet and sentence methods.