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I . word [wɜːrd, Brit wɜːd] N

2. word no pl (news):

to get word of sth
tomar conhecimento m de a. c.
to have word that ...
ficar sabendo que ...

3. word no pl (promise):

to give one's word
prometer
to keep one's word
cumprir com a palavra

4. word pl (lyrics):

word
letra f de música

II . word [wɜːrd, Brit wɜːd] VB trans

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word processing N no pl

word processor N

four-letter word N

Usage examples with words

big words inf
palavras f pl rebuscadas
to weigh one's words
pesar as palavras
to exchange words
discutir
in other words
em outras palavras
to have words with sb
discutir com alguém
to trip over one's words
tropeçar nas palavras
actions speak louder than words prov
atos falam mais que palavras
to put one's feelings into words
expressar os sentimentos em palavras
to grope for the right words
buscar as palavras certas
to be too ridiculous for words
ser extremamente ridículo
to be a man of few words
ser um homem de poucas palavras

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Words such as doctor, teacher, owner, etc. can be used as a second-person personal pronoun when necessary.
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At an average rate of 175 words a minute, he turned out 63,000 words a day, enough to fill 52 columns of a newspaper.
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We have to state, without mincing words, that there is an inseparable bond between our faith and the poor.
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For older texts the Latin term incipit (it begins) is in use for the very first words of the opening sentence.
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In linguistics, it has become standard to align the words and to gloss each transcribed morpheme separately.
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The service is free up to 150 words per day, and as a 2,000-word free testing account.
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In other words, without advance permission, whistleblowers could be prosecuted based on an after-the-fact call that almost any information they released was classified.
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Despite high-sounding words about love and loyalty, friendship is transactional, like all relationships.
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The predicate words can serve as verbs, nouns, adjectives or adverbs depending on where they occur in a sentence.
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In other words, every knit stitch is flanked on all four sides (left and right, top and bottom) by purl stitches, and vice versa.
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