Definition von a-word im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- The word ass or arse
- -word
- Used in denoting a taboo word beginning with a given letter
Teacher! Chris just said the F-word! (that is, fuck).
- -word
- Used humorously to mark a non-taboo word known from context as taboo
— Shh!.
- Dyck word
- A string consisting of n X's and n Y's such that no initial segment of the string has more Y's than X's
- Word
- Scripture; The Bible
- Word
- The creative word of God; logos
- Word of Wisdom
- The health code contained in the Doctrine and Covenants. It specifically prohibits the consumption of alcohol, tobacco, and hot drinks
- able to get word-self">a word in edgewise
- Able to participate in the conversation; able to interrupt another person's monologue
If I'd been able to get a word in edgewise, I would have told him his pants were on fire.
- as good as one's word
- Faithful to a promise one has made
He said he'd pay me back this week, and he was as good as his word.
- b-word
- Any word beginning with b that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context
- b-word
- Refers to any various taboo words beginning with b, such as bastard or bugger
- b-word
- The word bitch, regarded as a vulgar or taboo word
- c-word
- The word cunt, cock or cancer, regarded as taboo words
- compound word
- A word composed of two or more stems. Examples include pancake, two-tone, and school bus – it may or may not have a space or hyphen
- content word
- A word that is not a function word, including nouns, verbs, adjectives, and most adverbs with the exception of the likes of "then" and "why"
- cuss word
- Curse word or phrase
- d-word
- The word damn
- d-word
- Any word beginning with d that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context
- directed acyclic word graph
- A data structure that represents a set of strings and allows for a query operation that tests whether a given string belongs to the set in time proportional to its length (thus more efficient in some situations than a trie)
- dirty word
- The name of a topic that a person does not like to hear or discuss
Work is a dirty word to him.
- dirty word
- A word that is considered vulgar, not necessarily sexual in nature
The child was made to sit in the corner as punishment for saying a dirty word.
- f-word
- To use vulgarities
- f-word
- The word fuck or faggot
The dialogue was littered with f-words.
- f-word
- to fuck (all senses)
- f-word
- Any word beginning with f that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context
She has no luck with diets. Don't mention the f-word (by which I mean fat).
- f-word
- fuck
Oh, f-word, I've lost the keys.
- four-letter word
- A swearword or any words considered to be taboo in a given scenario, (regardless of how many letters are actually in the word or words in question)
To me, coming from you, 'Friend' is a four letter word. - Friend Is a Four-Letter Word, Cake.
- four-letter word
- A reference to any of several of the strongest English swearword that are also four letters long, especially those composing the so-called seven dirty words
- from the word go
- From the very beginning; from the outset; immediately upon starting
I watched him closely from the word go because I did not trust him.
- function word
- A word that has little meaning when standing alone, but instead serves to express grammatical relationships with other words within a sentence, or specify the attitude or mood of the speaker, such as prepositions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs, or conjunctions
- get word-self">a word in edgeways
- Alternative form of get a word in edgewise
- get word-self">a word in edgewise
- To break into or participate in a conversation
Everyone was talking at once. I couldn't get a word in edgewise.
- ghost word
- A fictitious word that has been published in a dictionary, or has been listed as genuine, as the result of misinterpretation or a typographical error
- h-word
- The word hell
- hang on every word
- To be completely attentive to what another person is saying
- have word-self">a quiet word
- To speak to someone in private
- have word-self">a quiet word
- When you get a moment I'd like to have a quiet word
- have word-self">a word
- To speak to someone in private, often with a negative implication
She knew she was in big trouble when the teacher asked to have a word with her after class.
- have word-self">a word in someone's ear
- To speak to someone in private
- have word-self">a word in someone's ear
- When you get a moment I'd like to have a word in your ear
- how do you pronounce this word
- Please say this word out loud so that I can learn how it is pronounced
- how do you spell this word
- I need to know how this word is written
- in word-self">a word
- Briefly; concisely
- joey word
- a word that is contained in a kangaroo word
the joey word has to have its letters in order within the parent kangaroo word.
- kangaroo word
- a word that contains letters of another word, in order, with the same meaning
- l-word
- The word love
- l-word
- Any word beginning with l that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context
- l-word
- The word lesbian
- last word
- A final decision, or the right to make such a decision
An Afghan Olympic official said the team holds the right to substitute Andyar with another female athlete, though the IOC would have the last word.
- last word
- Concluding remarks or comments; (often pluralized) the final statement uttered by a person before death
This account I am transmitting down the river by canoe, and it may be our last word to those who are interested in our fate.
- last word
- The finest, highest, or ultimate representative of some class of objects
Michaelis was the last word in what was caddish and bounderish.
- loaded word
- Any word, set phrase or idiom that has strong positive or negative connotations beyond their ordinary definition
- m-word
- Any word beginning with m that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context
- m-word
- The word motherfucker, regarded as a vulgar or taboo word
- magic word
- Any word that has a magical effect when uttered
- magic word
- Mnemonic of the word please
What's the magic word?.
- measure word
- A word or morpheme used in combination with a numeral to indicate the count of nouns, used especially in Asian languages
- multi-word
- Consisting of more than one word
- mum's the word
- The accompanying facts are a secret, not to be divulged
- my word
- An expression of surprise
- my word
- Indeed
- n-word
- Any word beginning with n that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context
- n-word
- Danish nouns of the common gender, as opposed to t-words, nouns of the neuter gender
- n-word
- The words nigger and nigga
- n-word
- Negation words, such as not, nobody, and nothing
- nonce word
- A word invented for the occasion
- not be able to get word-self">a word in edgeways
- To be unable to say a single word because of someone else's talkativeness
- one's word is law
- Requests or orders of (a person) should definitely be fulfilled
- p-word
- prosodic word, phonological word
- p-word
- The word piss or paki
- place word
- locative word
- portmanteau word
- A word which combines the meaning of two words (or, rarely, more than two words), formed by combining the words, usually, but not always, by adjoining the first part of one word and the last part of the other, the adjoining parts often having a common vowel; for example, smog, formed from smoke and fog
- portmanteau-word
- Attributive form of portmanteau word, noun
- power word
- A word that often evokes an emotional response, positive or negative, in the target audience, leading to a desired outcome
- reserved word
- a string of characters that is a verb, command or other part of a programming language and, therefore, cannot be used as the name of a variable, constant, function or procedure
- root word
- Alternative form of root. It is the primary lexical unit of a word, which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents. Inflectional stems often derive from roots
- root word
- A prefix in an English word derived from Greek or Latin
- s-word
- The word shit, regarded as a vulgar or taboo word
- s-word
- Any word beginning with s that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context; for example, socialism
- sight word
- A word that a learner recognizes, or is expected to recognize, on sight
Our program will teach your child 200 sight words.
- single-word
- Consisting of single word
- stop word
- a word, usually one of a series in a stop list, that is to be ignored by a search engine etc
- take somebody's word for it
- To believe what somebody tells one
I can't really check on that, so I'll have to take your word for it.
- vocabulary word
- One of a list of common, or representative words of a language that students should learn and remember
- vogue word
- A neologism that gains sudden popularity but is forgotten after a relatively short time, such as wardrobe malfunction
- weasel word
- A word used to qualify a statement so as to make it potentially misleading
Century Magazine, quoted in Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins by Robert Hendrickson (New York: Facts on File Publications,1987).
- wh-word
- Any interrogative word from any language
- wh-word
- Any English word that is interrogative and begins with the letters "wh"
- word
- 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
- word
- Angry debate or conversation; argument
There had been words between him and the secretary about the outcome of the meeting.
- word
- Any sequence of letters or characters considered as a discrete entity
- word
- To say or write (something) using particular words
I’m not sure how to word this letter to the council.
- word
- A brief discussion or conversation
Can I have a word with you?.
- word
- Something which has been said; a comment, utterance; speech
The Kaiser laid down his arms at a quarter to twelve. In me, however, they have an opponent who ceases fighting only at five minutes past twelve, said Hitler some time ago. He has never spoken a truer word.
- word
- A promise; an oath or guarantee
I give you my word that I will be there on time.
- word
- An order; a request or instruction
He sent word that we should strike camp before winter.
- word
- A group element, expressed as a product of group elements
- word
- A distinct unit of language which is approved by some authority
Fisherwoman isn’t even a word. It’s not in the dictionary.
- word
- A unit of text equivalent to five characters and one space
- word
- 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
- word
- Communication from god; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible
Her parents had lived in Botswana, spreading the word among the tribespeople.
- word
- The fact or action of speaking, as opposed to writing or to action
As they fell apart against Austria, England badly needed someone capable of leading by word and example.
- word
- An abbreviated form of word up; a statement of the acknowledgment of fact with a hint of nonchalant approval
I mean, I don't blame you... Word! .
- word
- 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
Hamlet: Words, words, words.
- word
- Christ
And that worde was made flesshe, and dwelt amonge vs, and we sawe the glory off yt, as the glory off the only begotten sonne off the father, which worde was full of grace, and verite.
- word
- News; tidings
Have you had any word from John yet?.
- word
- A finite string which is not a command or operator
- word association
- A game played between friends or used in psychoanalysis in which a word is read out loud and the other person must say the first word they can think of, often as a tool for analysing aspects of the unconscious
- word count
- The number of words in a passage of text
- word for word
- In exactly the same words (as were originally used)
The two essays were the same, word for word.
- word game
- A game which involves manipulating words
Although some word games, such as anagrams and crosswords can be completed alone, others such as charades are designed for groups.
- word games
- plural form of word game
- word of God
- A message from God
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, 'Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in.'.
- word of God
- the Scriptures; the Bible
Just as it would be utterly vain to lay natural reasons of comfort to him who hath no wit, so would it undoubtedly be frustrate to lay spiritual causes of comfort to him who hath no faith. For unless a man first believe that holy scripture is the word of God, and that the word of God is true, how can he take any comfort in that which the scripture telleth him?.
- word of faith
- A teaching among Pentecostal and charismatic Christians that good health and long life are promised to those who follow God's will. By extension, those who die early have wronged God in some way
- word of finger
- Interpersonal communication by digital media, especially using keyboard devices
- word of honor
- A promise, or a pledge of one's good faith
- word of honour
- a promise, or a pledge of one's good faith
- word of mouth
- Verbal means of passing of information
The book didn't need any publicity spots, it was a bestseller solely by word of mouth.
- word on the street
- The rumour or news going around on the street
- word on the wire
- The rumour or news going around on the Internet, in business, on the street, or in social circles
- word order
- The order of the syntactic constituents of a language
- word play
- A technique in which the nature of the words used become part of the subject of the work, such as puns, phonetic mix-ups such as spoonerisms, obscure words and meanings, clever rhetorical excursions, oddly formed sentences, and telling character names
- word problem
- A mathematics question that states verbally what is usually written using symbols (or, for geometry, in a picture)
- word problem
- A question of whether an element of a certain group (or monoid or the like) is the identity, given an obscure representation of that element
- word problems
- plural form of word problem
- word processing
- The creation, input, editing and formatting of documents and other text using software on a computer
- word processor
- Software that provides word processing functions on a computer, typically including typeface selection, line justification and other formatting, pagination, and numerous other features. Compare text editor
- word processor
- A device similar to a simple computer, designed for word processing
- word processors
- plural form of word processor
- word salad
- A nonsensical assemblage of words, typical of schizophrenia, Wernicke's aphasia, and some other mental disorders
- word salad
- Meaningless text generated by a computer
- word salads
- plural form of word salad
- word search
- A word game consisting of a grid of letters, the aim of which is to find an array of given words hidden within the grid
- word searches
- plural form of word search
- word to the wise
- A piece of advice
- word to the wise
- Used to emphasis following as a piece of significant advice
Well have fun, but, word to the wise, don't let your sister take control.
- word up
- I approve.; I agree
- word up
- Hello
- word up
- "what's up?"; "what's happening?"; "what's the word?"
- word up
- "Listen up!"; "pay attention!"
- word wrap
- a word processing feature which automatically adjusts lines of text to fit within the page margins. Words exceeding the margins are set to begin a new line
- word-blind
- Describes a person who suffers from word blindness or alexia
- word-deafness
- Auditory aphasia: a condition in which the patient hears words but cannot understand them
- word-for-word
- Using exactly the same words (as were originally used)
His essay was a word-for-word copy of one on the Internet.
- word-hoard
- The words one uses or understands, a person's vocabulary; lexicon
- word-hoard
- The language and terminology used by followers of Heathenry
- word-of-mouth
- Alternative spelling of word of mouth
- word-wheeling
- a method of database searching that produces instantly refreshed list of search results when user enters characters of the search term one by one
- you get more with word-self">a kind word and word-self">a gun than you do with word-self">a kind word alone
- It is advantageous not to rely solely on being nice
- many word-self">a true word is spoken in jest
- (deyim) a humorous remark not intended to be taken seriously may turn out to be accurate after all
- upon my word
- on my word, as I live and breath, oh my
- upon my word!
- i promise, trust me
- by-word
- {n} a cant word, taunt, scoff, jest, proverb
- word
- {n} a single part of speech, talk, message, sign, promise, declaration, accout, the scripture
- word
- {v} to express properly, descrube, dispute, talk
- word up
- (deyim) I comprehend what you are saying and verify that your statement is true
- word for word
- using exactly the same words; "he repeated her remarks verbatim"
- word for word
- exactly according to each word, precisely matching what was written or spoken
