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# word

«word» in Mova's school dictionary: **a unit of language with a meaning, like «apple» or «run»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (word, words); verb (word, worded — rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A word is a unit of language with a meaning, like «apple» or «run». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/word/#m1)

2) A word can be a short talk or news: «Can I have a word?». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/word/#m2)

3) Your word is a promise: «I give you my word». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/word/#m3)

4) new sense [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/word/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

the cue words that point to operations; a word problem is a maths problem told in sentences; phrases: «cue word», «word problem», «in other words», «keep your word», «word for word»

### examples

- Look at the word «lost»: it tells us to subtract. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/word/#x1)
- The word «each» tells us the groups are equal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/word/#x2)
- Read every word of the problem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/word/#x3)
- «Cat» is a word with three letters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/word/#x4)
- Look up a new word in the dictionary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/word/#x5)
- She kept her word and came to my party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/word/#x6)
- In other words, we need to hurry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/word/#x7)
- Can I have a word with you after class? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/word/#x8)

### note

Countable: a word, words. Cue words help, but the whole sentence decides. Trap: «more» in «how many more … than» means subtract.

### In the corpora

- [Employers often glance at a CV for less than a minute, so grown-ups fuss over every word.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/7/)
- [Family feuds often start over money, a will or hurtful words, and they can last for years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/11/)
- [A friendly word early stops a big row later.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/6/)
- [Sometimes grown-ups close a door, lower their voices or spell out words so children won't understand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/35-closed-doors-whispers-and-secrets/0/)
- [Grumbling about a noisy party is easier than knocking, but a knock and a kind word usually fix it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/27/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «word» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/word/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.