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word  (wûrd)

n.

1. A sound or a combination of sounds, or its representation in writing or printing, that symbolizes and communicates a meaning and may consist of a single morpheme or of a combination of morphemes.

2. Something said; an utterance, remark, or comment: May I say a word about that?

3. Computer Science A set of bits constituting the smallest unit of addressable memory.

4. words Discourse or talk; speech: Actions speak louder than words.

5. words Music The text of a vocal composition; lyrics.

6. An assurance or promise; sworn intention: She has kept her word.

7.

a. A command or direction; an order: gave the word to retreat.

b. A verbal signal; a password or watchword.

8.

a. News: Any word on your promotion? See Synonyms at news.

b. Rumor: Word has it they're divorcing.

9. words Hostile or angry remarks made back and forth.

10. Used euphemistically in combination with the initial letter of a term that is considered offensive or taboo or that one does not want to utter: "Although economists here will not call it a recession yet, the dreaded 'R' word is beginning to pop up in the media" Francine S. Kiefer.

11. Word

a. See Logos.

b. The Scriptures; the Bible.

tr.v. word·ed, word·ing, words

To express in words: worded the petition carefully.

interj.

Slang Used to express approval or an affirmative response to something. Sometimes used with up.

Idioms:

at a word

In immediate response.

good word

1. A favorable comment: She put in a good word for me.

2. Favorable news.

have no words for

To be unable to describe or talk about.

in a word

In short; in summary: In a word, the situation is serious.

in so many words

1. In precisely those words; exactly: hinted at impending indictments but did not say it in so many words.

2. Speaking candidly and straightforwardly: In so many words, the weather has been beastly.

of few words

Not conversational or loquacious; laconic: a person of few words.

of (one's) word

Displaying personal dependability: a woman of her word.

take at (one's) word

To be convinced of another's sincerity and act in accord with his or her statement: We took them at their word that the job would be done on time.

upon my word

Indeed; really.

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[Middle English, from Old English; see wer-⁵ in Indo-European roots.]

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word

Noun

1. the smallest single meaningful unit of speech or writing Related adjective lexical

2. a brief conversation: I would like a word with you

3. a brief statement: a word of warning

4. news or information: let me know if you get word of my wife

5. a solemn promise: he had given his word as a rabbi

6. a command or order: he had only to say the word and they'd hang him

7. Computers a set of bits used to store, transmit, or operate upon an item of information in a computer

8. by word of mouth by spoken rather than by written means: their reputation spreads by word of mouth

9. in a word briefly or in short: in a word, we've won

10. my word! Also: (upon my word!) Old-fashioned an exclamation of surprise or amazement

11. take someone at his or her word to accept that someone really means what he or she says: they're willing to take him at his word when he says he'll change

12. take someone's word for it to believe what someone says

13. the last word the closing remark of a conversation or argument, often regarded as settling an issue

14. the last word in the finest example of: the last word in comfort

15. word for word using exactly the same words: he repeated almost word for word what had been said

16. word of honour a solemn promise

Verb

to state in words: the questions have to be carefully worded

See also words [Old English]

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Word

Noun

the Word the message and teachings contained in the Bible

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" language unit, linguistic unit - one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed anagram - a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase anaphor - a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent antonym, opposite, opposite word - a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other; "to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed'" back-formation - a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it charade - a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades cognate word, cognate - a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language content word, open-class word - a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned contraction - a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds; "`won't' is a contraction of `will not'"; "`o'clock' is a contraction of `of the clock'" deictic, deictic word - a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs; "words that introduce particulars of the speaker's and hearer's shared cognitive field into the message"- R.Rommetveit derivative - (linguistics) a word that is derived from another word; "`electricity' is a derivative of `electric'" diminutive - a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness dirty word - a word that is considered to be unmentionable; "`failure' is a dirty word to him" dissyllable, disyllable - a word having two syllables descriptor, form, signifier, word form - the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected forms of a word can be represented by a stem and a list of inflections to be attached" four-letter Anglo-Saxon word, four-letter word - any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive closed-class word, function word - a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning guide word, guideword, catchword - a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page head word, head - (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent headword - a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry) heteronym - two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation; "the word `bow' is an example of a heteronym" holonym, whole name - a word that names the whole of which a given word is a part; "`hat' is a holonym for `brim' and `crown'" homonym - two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings hypernym, superordinate word, superordinate - a word that is more generic than a given word hyponym, subordinate word, subordinate - a word that is more specific than a given word key word - a significant word used in indexing or cataloging hybrid, loan-blend, loanblend - a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root) loanword, loan - a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English meronym, part name - a word that names a part of a larger whole; "`brim' and `crown' are meronyms of `hat'" metonym - a word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing; "Washington is a metonym for the United States government"; "plastic is a metonym for credit card" monosyllabic word, monosyllable - a word or utterance of one syllable neologism, neology, coinage - a newly invented word or phrase hapax legomenon, nonce word - a word with a special meaning used for a special occasion oxytone - word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable
	2.	word - a brief statement; "he didn't say a word about it" statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day"
	3.	word - information about recent and important events; "they awaited news of the outcome" news, tidings, intelligence info, information - a message received and understood good word - good news latest - the most recent news or development; "have you heard the latest?" update - news that updates your information
	4.	word - a verbal command for action; "when I give the word, charge!" order - (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from London"
	5.	word - an exchange of views on some topic; "we had a good discussion"; "we had a word or two about it" give-and-take, discussion speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication, oral communication, speech, language - (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets" argumentation, debate, argument - a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on" deliberation - (usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question; "the deliberations of the jury" group discussion, conference - a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic panel discussion - discussion of a subject of public interest by a group of persons forming a panel usually before an audience post-mortem, postmortem - discussion of an event after it has occurred public discussion, ventilation - free and open discussion of (or debate on) some question of public interest; "such a proposal deserves thorough public discussion" negotiation, talks, dialogue - a discussion intended to produce an agreement; "the buyout negotiation lasted several days"; "they disagreed but kept an open dialogue"; "talks between Israelis and Palestinians"
	6.	word - a promise; "he gave his word"         parole, word of honor promise - a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
	7.	word - a word is a string of bits stored in computer memory; "large computers use words up to 64 bits long" computer memory unit - a unit for measuring computer memory byte - a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information KiB, kibibyte, kilobyte, kB, K - a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes
	8.	Word - the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus) Logos, Son
	9.	word - a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password" countersign, password, watchword, parole arcanum, secret - information known only to a special group; "the secret of Cajun cooking" positive identification - evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance; "a system for positive identification can prevent the use of a single identity by several people"
	10.	Word - the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen" Christian Bible, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Bible, Word of God, Book religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing - writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity family Bible - a large Bible with pages to record marriages and births Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible Testament - either of the two main parts of the Christian Bible New Testament - the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible covenant - (Bible) an agreement between God and his people in which God makes certain promises and requires certain behavior from them in return eisegesis - personal interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible) using your own ideas exegesis - an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible) text - a passage from the Bible that is used as the subject of a sermon; "the preacher chose a text from Psalms to introduce his sermon" Gabriel - (Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of God Noachian deluge, Noah and the Flood, Noah's flood, the Flood - (Biblical) the great deluge that is said in the Book of Genesis to have occurred in the time of Noah; it was brought by God upon the earth because of the wickedness of human beings demythologise, demythologize - remove the mythical element from (writings); "the Bible should be demythologized and examined for its historical value"
Verb	1.	word - put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees" give voice, phrase, articulate, formulate ask - direct or put; seek an answer to; "ask a question" evince, express, show - give expression to; "She showed her disappointment" lexicalise, lexicalize - make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language; "The concept expressed by German `Gemuetlichkeit' is not lexicalized in English" dogmatise, dogmatize - state as a dogma formularise, formularize - express as a formula couch, redact, put, frame, cast - formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"

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word

noun 1. term, name, expression, designation, appellation (formal) locution, vocable

noun 2. chat, tête-à-tête, talk, discussion, consultation, chitchat, brief conversation, colloquy, confabulation, confab (informal) heart-to-heart, powwow (informal)

noun 3. comment, remark, expression, declaration, utterance, brief statement

noun 4. message, news, latest (informal) report, information, account, notice, advice, communication, intelligence, bulletin, dispatch, gen Brit. (informal) communiqué, intimation, tidings

noun 5. promise, guarantee, pledge, undertaking, vow, assurance, oath, parole, word of honour, solemn oath, solemn word

noun 6. command, will, order, go-ahead (informal) decree, bidding, mandate, commandment, edict, ukase (rare)

verb 7. express, say, state, put, phrase, utter, couch, formulate in a word briefly, in short, in a nutshell, to sum up, succinctly, concisely, not to put too fine a point on it, to put it briefly the last word

8. final say, ultimatum

9. summation, finis the last word in something epitome, newest, best, latest, crown, cream, rage, ultimate, vogue, perfection, mother of all (informal) quintessence, crème de la crème (French) ne plus ultra (French) dernier cri (French) >> adjective lexical, verbal

Translations

word [wəːd] n → palabra (= news); noticia (= promise); palabra (de honor)

vt → redactar;

word for word → palabra por palabra;

what's the word for "pen" in Spanish? → ¿cómo se dice "pen" en español?;

to put sth into words → expresar algo en palabras;

to have a word with sb → hablar (dos palabras) con algn;

in other words → en otras palabras;

to break/keep one's word → faltar a la palabra/cumplir la promesa;

to leave word (with/for sb) that ... → dejar recado (con/para algn) de que ...;

to have words with sb (= quarrel with) → discutir or reñir con algn

word [wəːd] n → mot m;

(spoken) → mot, parole f (= promise); parole (= news); nouvelles fpl

vt → rédiger, formuler;

word for word [repeat] → mot pour mot; [translate] → mot à mot;

what's the word for "pen" in French? → comment dit-on "pen" en français?;

to put sth into words → exprimer qch;

in other words → en d'autres termes;

to have a word with sb → toucher un mot à qn;

to have words with sb (= quarrel with) → avoir des mots avec qn;

to break/keep one's word → manquer à sa parole/tenir (sa) parole;

I'll take your word for it → je vous crois sur parole;

to send word of → prévenir de;

to leave word (with sb/for sb) that ... → laisser un mot (à qn/pour qn) disant que ...

word [wəːd] n → Wort nt (= news); Nachricht f

vt [+ letter, message] → formulieren;

word for word → Wort für Wort, (wort)wörtlich;

what's the word for "pen" in German? → was heißt "pen" auf Deutsch?;

to put sth into words → etw in Worte fassen;

in other words → mit anderen Worten;

to break/keep one's word → sein Wort brechen/halten;

to have words with sb → eine Auseinandersetzung mit jdm haben;

to have a word with sb → mit jdm sprechen;

I'll take your word for it → ich verlasse mich auf Sie;

to send word of sth → etw verlauten lassen;

to leave word (with sb/for sb) that ... → (bei jdm/für jdn) die Nachricht hinterlassen, dass ...;

by word of mouth → durch mündliche Überlieferung

word [wəːd] n → parola (= news); notizie fpl

vt → esprimere , formulare;

word for word → parola per parola, testualmente;

what's the word for "pen" in Italian? → come si dice "pen" in italiano?;

to put sth into words → esprimere qc a parole;

in other words → in altre parole;

to have a word with sb → scambiare due parole con qn;

to have words with sb (= quarrel with) → avere un diverbio con qn;

to break/keep one's word → non mantenere/mantenere la propria parola;

I'll take your word for it → la crederò sulla parola;

to send word of → avvisare di;

to leave word (with or for sb) that ... → lasciare detto (a qn) che ...

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word

n word [wəːd]

1 the smallest unit of language (whether written, spoken or read). woordكَلِمَهдумаslovoorddas Wortλέξηpalabrasõnaکلمهsanamotמִילָהशब्दriječszókataorðparola語낱말, 단어žodisvārdskata; perkataanwoordordsłowopalavracuvântсловоslovobesedarečordคำkelime, sözcük單詞словоلفظtừ单词

2 a (brief) conversation I'd like a (quick) word with you in my office.woordjieمُحادَثَه قَصيرَهразговорpár slovord; samtaleeinige Worte (pl.)κουβέντα, σύντομη συζήτησηpalabrapaar sõna, lühivestlusگفت و شنود مخصرmuutama sanamotשִׂיחָה קְצָרָהबातचीतkratak razgovor(rövid) beszélgetéspercakapan singkatorð, (stutt) samtalparola会話짧은 대화žodelisīsa saruna; pāris vārdubercakapgesprekord, prat`słowo`, `słówko`palavrinhacuvântразговорpár slovkratek pogovorrazgovorordคำซุบซิบiki çift lâf, birkaç kelime談話розмоваگفتگوcuộc nói chuyện谈话

3 news When you get there, send word that you've arrived safely.boodskapخَبَر، كَلِمَهновинаzprávabeskedder Bescheidείδηση, μήνυμαnoticiateadeخبرviestinouvellesמִילָהखबरnovost, vijestüzenetberitafréttirnotizia, messaggio知らせ기별, 소식žinutėziņaberita; khabarberichtbeskjed; nytt, nyhetwiadomośćavisovorbăсообщениеsprávasporočilovestbud, meddelande, beskedข่าวลือhaber消息повідомленняخبرtin tức消息

4 a solemn promise He gave her his word that it would never happen again.woord, belofteوَعْدобещаниеslovoord; æresorddas Wortυπόσχεση, λόγοςpalabraausõnaقول؛ عهدkunniasanaparoleהַבטָחָהवादाsvečano obećanjeígéretjanjiloforð, heitparola約束약속, 맹세하는 말garbės žodisgodavārdsjanjiwoord(lov)ord, løftesłowo honorupalavrapromisiuneсловоslovobesedaobećanje[]ordคำสัญญาsöz諾言слово, обіцянкаوعدہlời hứa诺言

v

to express in written or spoken language How are you going to word the letter so that it doesn't seem rude?verwoordيُعَبِّر، يَصوغ الكَلامизразявам устно/писменоzformulovatformulereformulierenδιατυπώνωexpresarsõnastamaبیان کردنmuotoillaformulerלְנַסֵחकहनाizraziti riječimamegfogalmazmenyusun kataorðaformulare表現する...를 말로 나타내다išreikšti žodžiaisizteikt vārdosmeluahkan dgn kata-kataformulerenordlegge, formuleresformułowaćformulara for­mulaформулировать(s)formulovať, (zo)štylizovaťizraziti z besedamiizraziti rečimauttryckaคำรับรองsözcüklerle ifade etmek, anlatmak用言詞表達добирати висловиلفظوں میں بیان کرناbày tỏ bằng lời用言词表达

n ˈwording

the manner of expressing something, the choice of words etc. bewoordingتَعْبير، صِياغَة العِبارَهначин на изразяванеformulaceformulering; ordlyddie Formulierungδιατύπωσηredacción, expresiónsõnastusواژه آرایی، نحوه بیانilmaisuformulationנִיסוּחַअभिव्यक्ति की शैलीizražavanjemegfogalmazáspilihan kataorðalagformulazione言葉づかい말씨, 표현법, 용어 선택formulavimasformulējumssusunan kataformuleringordvalg/-lyd, formuleringsformułowanieredacçãoformu­lareформулировкаformulácia, znenienačin izražanja, izbor besedizražavanjeformulering, ordalydelseการใช้คำifade, anlatım措詞редакція, формулюванняطرز بیانcách diễn đạt措词

n ˈword processor

a program for writing or editing texts, letters etc and storing them in the computer's memory; a computer used for doing this. woordverwerkerمُعالِج الكَلِماتкомпютърна програма за обработка на текстовеtextový editortekstbehandlingsanlægdas Textverarbeitungsprogrammεπεξεργαστής κειμένουprocesador de textostekstitöötlusprogrammواژه پرداز(machine à) traitement de textמְעַבֵּד תַמלִילִיםकंप्यूटरračunalni program za pisanjeszövegszerkesztőpengolah kata (program komputer)(organo di elaborazione della parola)ワープロteksto apdorojimo sistema, teksto procesoriusvārdu procesorspemproses katatekstverwerkertekstbehandlingsprogram; datamaskinedytor tekstówтекстовый процессорtextový procesorurejevalnik tekstapisaća elektronska mašinaordbehandlare, ordbehandlingsprogramสร้าง จัดเก็บ แก้และพิมพ์คำ ข้อความโดยใช้คอมพิวเตอร์kelime işlem programı（計）文字處理軟件текстовий процесорمتن کو لکھنے اور ترتیب دینے کا ایک پروگرامchương trình xử lý văn bản（计）文字处理软件

n ˈword processing

woordverwerkingمُعالَجَة الكَلِماتкомпютърна обработка на текстовеzpracování textutekstbehandlingdie Textverarbeitungεπεξεργασία κειμένουprocesamiento de textostekstitöötlusاستفاده از کامپیوتر از تایپtraitement de textעִיבּוד תַמלִילִיםमजमून लिखना या संपादन करनाprogramiranje riječiszövegszerkesztéspengolahan kata (program komputer)(gestione elettronica dei testi)ワープロでうつことteksto apdorojimasteksta datorapstrādepemprosesan katatekstverwerkingtekstbehandlingprzetwarzanie tekstówэлектронная обработка текстаspracovanie textuurejanje tekstaobrada tekstaordbehandlingการสร้าง จัดเก็บ แก้และพิมพ์คำ ข้อความโดยใช้คอมพิวเตอร์metin/yazı işleme文字處理текстовий процесорالفاظ کو لکھنا اور ترتیب دیناxử lý văn bản文字处理

adj ˌword-ˈperfect

repeated, or able to repeat something, precisely in the original words a word-perfect performance; He wants to be word-perfect by next week's rehearsal.woordperfekقادِر على تَكْرار الكَلِمات نَفْسِهاзапаметил точноtextově dokonalýordret citerende; udenadskundenderollen-, vokabelfestακριβής στην αποστήθισηcorrecto hasta la última palabrasõnatäpneکلمه پرداز سریعsanatarkkasur le bout des doigtsמְדַקלֵם מוּשלָםसुकंठस्थkoji zna ulogu točno napametszerepét tökéletesen tudósempurnaorðrétturperfettoせりふの完全な(대사가) 완전한nepriekaištingas, gerai įsimenantisprecīzs (vārdos); teikts vārds vārdāhafalwoordgetrouwordrett, som en kan utenatmający opanowaną rolętextualmente perfeitope de rostзнающий наизустьtextovo dokonalýki obvlada besedilokoji zna tekst napametabsolut säker, perfekt, utantillถูกต้องทุกคำ...-i çok iyi ezberlemiş一字不錯地熟記的той, що знає напам'ятьجسے کوءی عبارت زبانی یاد ہوthuộc lòng一字不错地熟记的

by word of mouth

by one person telling another in speech, not in writing She got the information by word of mouth.mondelingشَفَهِيّاот уста на устаústněmundtligmündlichπροφορικάverbalmente, de palabrasuuliseltشفاهیsuusta suuhunverbalementמּפֶּה לָאוֹזֵןसुन करizrijekomélőszóvaldari mulut ke mulutmunnlega(a viva voce)口づてに구두로žodžiumutiskidari mulut seseorangmondelingmuntligustniede viva vozverbalна словахústneustnousmenim putemmuntligen, från mun till munปากต่อปากağızdan, sözlü olarak口頭的на словахزبانیtruyền miệng口头的

get a word in edgeways

to break into a conversation etc and say something. 'n woordjie inkryيَتَدخَّل في المُحادَثَةِ فَجأةً ويقولُ شَيئا ماнамесвам се в разговорdostat se ke slovufå et ord indført(auch) zu Worte kommenπρολαβαίνω να πω μια κουβένταmeter bazasõna sekka ütlemaدراز گویی؛ پرگویی کردنsaada suunvuoroplacer un motלְהַשחִיל מִילה לְשִׂיחָהबातचीत में बीच में टपकनाupasti u razgovorsikerül pár szót közbevetniemenyelakomast inn í samtal(intromettersi in una conversazione)口をはさむ말 참견하다įsiterpti į pokalbįiestarpināt [] vārdutidak ada peluang atau kesempatan untuk mencelaher een woord tussen krijgenfå sagt noe, smette inn med en replikkwtrącić sięmeter-se na conversaa se băga în discuţieвставить словоdostať sa k slovuvpasti v besedoupasti u razgovorfå en syl i vädretพูดขัดจังหวะaraya girip konuşabilmek插話вставляти словечкоگفتگو کے درمیان میں کوءی دوسری بات کہناchen ngang vào cuộc nói chuyện插话

in a word

to sum up briefly In a word, I don't like him.in 't kort, om op te somبِكَلِمَةٍ واحِده، باخْتِصارнакраткоjedním slovemmed ét ord; kort sagtmit einem Wortμε μια λέξη, εν ολίγοιςen una palabraühesõnagaبه طور خلاصهsanalla sanoenen un motבְּמִילָה אַחַתसंक्षेप मेंriječjuegyszóvalsingkatnyaí einu orði sagtin una parola要するに한 마디로 말하면, 요컨대trumpai tariant, žodžiu[] vārdu sakotsecara ringkasnyakortomkort sagtjednym słowemem resumoîntr-un cuvântкороче говоряjedným slovomz eno besedoukratkokort sagtพุสั้น ๆsözün kısası一句話одним словомمختصراًnói ngắn gọn一句话

keep, *break one's word

to keep or fail to keep one's promise. hou/verbreek jou woord, 'n belofte hou/verbreekيُحافِظ على وَعْدِهспазвам/не спазвам обещанието си(ne)dodržet slovoholde sit ord; ikke holde sit ordsein Wort halten/brechenαθετώ το λόγο μουcumplir/faltar su palabrasõna pidama, sõna murdmaبه عهد خود وفا نکردنpitää lupauksensatenir/manquer à (sa) paroleלְקַיֵים הַבטָחָהवादा निभाना या तोड़नाodržatimegtartja v. megszegi a szavátmengikuti/kehilangan jejakhalda/svíkja loforð(mantenere le promesse); (non mantenere le promesse)約束を守る[]laikytis žodžio, sulaužyti žodįturēt/lauzt doto vārdusimpankan atau bocorkan rahsia seseorangzijn woord houden, brekenholde/bryte et løftedotrzymać słowa, złamać słowomanter/quebrar a sua palavraa-şi ţine/a nu-şi ţine cuvântulсдержать, нарушить (своё) словоdodržať / nedodržať slovodržati/ prelomiti besedoodržati obećanjehålla /bryta ett löfteผิดสัญญาsözünü tut(ma)mak遵守諾言／失言порушити обіцянку; дотриматися обіцянкиوعدہ وفا کرنا یا توڑ دیناgiữ lời hứa遵守诺言／失言

take (someone) at his word

to believe (someone) without question and act according to his words. iemand se woord daarvoor aanvaarيُصَدِّق كَلام الشَّخْصвярвам на някогоvzít za slovostole på nogen(jemanden) beim Wort nehmenβασίζομαι στα λόγια κπ., πιστεύωcogerle la palabra a alguiensõna-sõnalt võtmaحرف کسی را پذیرفتن؛ سخنان کسی را جدی تلقی کردنluottaa jonkun sanaanprendre (qqn) au motלְהִתייַחֵס בִּרצִינוּת לִדבָרוֹकिसी की बात पर यकीन करनाdržati za riječszaván fog vkitmempercayaitaka e-n á orðinu(prendere qualcuno in parola)まに受ける남의 말을 그대로 믿다priimti už gryną pinigą, patikėti kieno žodžiaisticēt uz vārdamempercayai seseorangiemand op zijn woord geloventa (noen) på ordetpolegać na czyimś słowieacreditar em (alguém)a crede (pe cineva) pe cuvântпоймать (кого-л.) на словеvziať za slovoprijeti koga za besedodržati nekoga za rečtro ngn på dennes ordเชื่อคนง่ายsözüne inanmak相信某人的話ловити когось на словіکسی کی باتوں پر مکمل اعتماد کرناtin vào lời nói của ai相信某人的话

take someone's word for it

to assume that what someone says is correct (without checking). iemand se woord daarvoor aanvaarيَفْتَرِض صِحَّة كَلام الشَّخْصповярвам на някогоvěřit komu na slovostole påjemandem etwas glaubenβασίζομαι στα λόγια κπ.aceptar lo que alguien dice(puhta) tõena võtma, (kellegi) ausõna (millegi) pealeپذیرفتن؛ درست انگاشتنuskoacroire (qqn) sur paroleלְהַאֲמִין לִדבָרַיוकिसी की बात पर भरोसा करनाdržati za riječhisz a szavánakmempercayaitaka e-n trúanlegan(credere sulla parola)信じる남의 말을 곧이곧대로 믿다patikėti kuo norsticēt (kādam)menerima kata-kata seseorang sebagai betul tanpa usul periksaiemand op zijn woord gelovenstole på en, tro en på ens ordtrzymać kogoś za słowoaceitar o ditoa crede (pe cineva) pe cuvântверить кому-л. на словоveriť niekomu na slovoverjeti na besedoverovati na rečtro ngn på dennes ord, lita på vad ngn sägerชื่อโดยไม่พิจารณาbirinin sözüne güvenmek相信某人的話повірити комусь на словоکسی کے کہنے کو صحیح فرض کر لیناtin vào ai相信某人的话

word for word

in the exact, original words That's precisely what he told me, word for word.woord vir woordكَلِمَه بِكَلِمَهдума по думаslovo za slovemord for ordWort für Wortλέξη προς λέξηtextualmentesõna-sõnaltجزء به جزءsanatarkastimot pour motמִילָה בְּמִילָהशब्‍दश:točno, doslovceszó szerintkata per kataorð fyrir orðparola per parola一語一語한 마디 한 마디, 축어적으로pažodžiuivārds vārdā; precīzisebiji-sebijiwoord voor woordordrett, ord for ordsłowo w słowotextualmentecuvânt cu cuvântслово в словоslovo za slovomdobesednotim rečimaord för ord, ordagrantคำต่อคำkelimesi kelimesine, aynen逐字的слово в словоلفظ بہ لفظđúng từng lời逐字的