word (wûrd)

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[Middle English, from Old English.]

noun 

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. Discourse or talk; speech: Actions speak louder than words.
5. Music The text of a vocal composition; lyrics.
6. An assurance or promise; sworn intention: She has kept her word.
7. 1. A command or direction; an order: gave the word to retreat.
   2. A verbal signal; a password or watchword.
8. 1. News: Any word on your promotion? See synonyms at news
   2. Rumor: Word has it they're divorcing.
9. 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. 1. See Logos
    2. The Scriptures; the Bible.

transitive verb: word·ed, word·ing, words. 

To express in words: worded the petition carefully.

interjection 

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

idioms

at a word

In immediate response.

good word

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

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

Lo·gos (lṓgōś, lŏǵŏś)

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[Greek.]

noun 

1. Philosophy
   1. In pre-Socratic philosophy, the principle governing the cosmos, the source of this principle, or human reasoning about the cosmos.
   2. Among the Sophists, the topics of rational argument or the arguments themselves.
   3. In Stoicism, the active, material, rational principle of the cosmos; nous. Identified with God, it is the source of all activity and generation and is the power of reason residing in the human soul.
2. Judaism
   1. In biblical Judaism, the word of God, which itself has creative power and is God's medium of communication with the human race.
   2. In Hellenistic Judaism, a hypostasis associated with divine wisdom.
3. Christianity In Saint John's Gospel, especially in the prologue (1:1–14), the creative word of God, which is itself God and incarnate in Jesus. Also called Word