word
Meaning
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Alternative form of worth (“to become”).
Synonyms
few words
sacred text
single word
speech sound
spoken language
express in words
well then
single-character word
verbal message
vocabulary item
grammatical attraction
few remarks
single sentence
-shaped
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/wɜːd/
Etymology
Variant of worth (“to become, turn into, grow, get”), from Middle English worthen, from Old English weorþan (“to turn into, become, grow”), from Proto-West Germanic *werþan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną (“to turn, turn into, become”). More at worth § Verb.
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