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(one's) word (of honor)

One's sincere promise or vow (about or to do something). I will be in that court to stand by your side during the trail—I give you my word of honor. After the president broke his word about lowering taxes for middle-class earners, I vowed never to vote for him again.
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word

1. A message from someone or something. I just got word that Diana landed in New York.
2. slang An expression of affirmation. A: "That concert was amazing!" B: "Word."

word (up)

slang An expression of general assent or agreement. A: "You want to go get some burgers?" B: "Word." A: "We're thinking of heading to Cali for a couple weeks, isn't that right, Tony?" B: "Word up, dawg."
See also: word
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*word (from someone or something)

messages or communication from someone or something. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; hear ~; receive ~.) We have just received word from Perry that the contract has been signed.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

Word

1. and Word up. interj. Correct.; Right. I hear you, man. Word.
2. interj. Hello. (see also What’s the (good) word?.) Word. What’s new? A: Word. B: Word.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (one's) word (of honor)
  • (one's) word is (one's) bond
  • (one's) word is law
  • (upon) my word
  • a dirty word
  • a four-letter word
  • a good word for everybody
  • a household name
  • a household name/word
  • a kind word for everybody
  • a man is judged by his deeds, not by his words
  • a man of few words
  • a man of his word
  • a man/woman of few words
  • a picture is worth a thousand words
  • a picture paints a thousand words
  • a play on words
  • a smile is worth a thousand words
  • a war of words
  • a wild card word for words beginning with
  • a woman of few words
  • a woman of her word
  • a word (once) spoken cannot be recalled
  • a word (once) spoken is past recalling
  • a word in (one's) ear
  • a word in someone's ear
  • a word of praise is equal to ointment on a sore
  • a word to the wise
  • a word to the wise is enough
  • a word to the wise is sufficient
  • a word with (one)
  • able to get a word in edgewise
  • actions speak louder than words
  • as good as (one's) word
  • as good as word
  • at a loss
  • at a loss for words
  • at a word
  • bad word
  • be a man/woman of his/her word
  • be as good as (one's) word
  • be as good as your word
  • be beyond words
  • be in a tizzle
  • be lost for words
  • be not the word for it
  • be the last word
  • be the last word in (something)
  • beyond words
  • bizzle
  • bizzle a wild card word for words beginning with
  • break (one's) word
  • break one's word
  • break word
  • breathe a word
  • buzz word
  • by word of mouth
  • Can I have a word with you?
  • chizzle a wild card word for words beginning with
  • cramp words
  • didn't exchange more than three words with
  • didn't exchange more than three words with (one)
  • dirty joke
  • dirty word
  • dizzle
  • dizzle a wild card word for words beginning with
  • eat (one's) words
  • eat one's words
  • eat one's words, to
  • eat words
  • eat your words
  • Eskimo(s) have (some amount of) words for snow
  • exchange no more than
  • exchange no more than (an amount of) words
  • exchange words (with someone)
  • famous last words
  • fighting words
  • fine words butter no parsnips
  • fizzle
  • for want of a better word
  • four-letter word
  • from the word go
  • fuzzword
  • F-word
  • get a word in edgeways
  • get a word in edgewise
  • get a word in edgewise and get a word in edgeways
  • get in the last word
  • get the word
  • get word (from someone or something)
  • give (someone) (one's) word
  • give (someone) the word
  • give somebody your word
  • give the word
  • gizzle
  • gizzle a wild card word for words beginning with
  • go back on (one's) word
  • go back on word
  • go back on your word
  • good as (one's) word
  • good as one's word, as
  • good word
  • hang on (one's) every word
  • hang on (one's) words
  • hang on somebody's words/every word
  • hang on someone's words
  • hard words break no bones
  • have (one's) words stick in (one's) throat
  • have a way with words
  • have a word
  • have a word in (one's) ear
  • have a word in somebody's ear
  • have a word in someone's ear
  • have a word with
  • have a word with (one)
  • have no words for
  • have no words for (someone or something)
  • have the final word
  • have the last word
  • have to eat (one's) words
  • have word (from someone or something)
  • have words
  • have words (with someone)
  • have words stick in throat
  • have words with
  • have/exchange words
  • he who gives fair words feeds you with an empty spoon
  • hear word
  • hear word (from someone or something)
  • hizzle
  • hizzle a wild card word for words beginning with
  • household word
  • I'd like a word with you
  • I'd like a word with you. and Could I have a word with you?
  • I'd like to have a word with you
  • if (the) word gets out
  • in a word
  • in brief
  • in other words
  • in so many words
  • in so/as many words
  • in words of one syllable
  • jizzle
  • jizzle a wild card word for words beginning with
  • keep (one's) word
  • keep one's word
  • keep word
  • keep/break your word
  • kizzle
  • kizzle a wild card word for words beginning with
  • last word
  • last word, the
  • last word, to have the
  • leave word
  • leave word for
  • leave word for (one)
  • lizzle
  • lizzle a wild card word for words beginning with
  • loaded word
  • lost for words
  • man of few words
  • man of few words, a
  • man of his word
  • many a true word is spoken in jest
  • mark my word
  • mark my word(s)
  • mark my words
  • mince matters
  • mince words
  • mince words, not to
  • mizzle
  • mizzle a wild card word for words beginning with
  • mum's the word
  • mum's the word!
  • my word!
  • never have a good word to say about (someone of something)
  • never have a good word to say for (someone of something)
  • not a word
  • not be the word for it
  • not believe a word of it
  • not breathe a word
  • not breathe a word (of something)
  • not breathe a word of (something)
  • not get a word in edgeways
  • not have a good word to say about (someone of something)
  • not have a good word to say for (someone of something)
  • not know the meaning of the word
  • not mince words
  • not mince your words
  • not open mouth
  • not open one's mouth
  • not the word for it
  • not utter a word
  • not/never have a good word to say for/about somebody/something
  • of few words
  • of few words, man of
  • of word
  • once (the) word gets out
  • one final word
  • one last word
  • one picture is worth a thousand words
  • one picture paints a thousand words
  • one word leads to another
  • one's word is bond
  • or words to that effect
  • parrot (someone's) words
  • picture is worth a thousand words
  • picture is worth a thousand words, one
  • pizzle
  • pizzle a wild card word for words beginning with
  • play on words
  • portmanteau word
  • put (something) into words
  • put in a good word
  • put in a good word (for one)
  • put in a good word for someone/something, to
  • put in a word
  • put into words
  • put the hard word on
  • put the hard word on (one)
  • put the hard word on someone
  • put the make on
  • put the make on someone
  • put words in (one's) mouth
  • put words in mouth
  • put words in someone's mouth
  • put words in/into somebody's mouth
  • put words into (one's) mouth
  • put words into someone's mouth
  • put words into someone's mouth, to
  • receive word
  • receive word (from someone or something)
  • rizzle
  • rizzle a wild card word for words beginning with
  • say a few words
  • say the word
  • send word (to one)
  • send word to
  • sizzle
  • sizzle a wild card word for words beginning with
  • someone's word is law
  • someone's word is their bond
  • spoken word
  • spread the word
  • sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never hurt me)
  • sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me
  • sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me
  • suit (one's) actions to (one's) words
  • suit actions to words
  • suit the action to the word
  • swallow (one's) words
  • swallow one's words
  • take (one) at (one's) word
  • take (one's) word
  • take (one's) word for (something)
  • take (one's) word for it
  • take (one's) word on (something)
  • take (one's) word on it
  • take (someone) at his/her word, to
  • take at word
  • take my word for it
  • take one at word
  • take somebody at their word
  • take somebody's word for it
  • take someone at his or her word
  • take someone at their word
  • take someone's word
  • take the words out of (one's) mouth
  • take the words out of mouth
  • take the words out of somebody's mouth
  • take the words out of someone's mouth
  • take word for
  • take word for it
  • the final word
  • the F-word
  • the last word
  • the last word in (something)
  • the last word in something
  • the N-word
  • the operative word
  • the printed word
  • the printed word/page
  • the spoken/written word
  • the word is go
  • the word on the street
  • them's fighting words
  • Them's fighting words!
  • there's many a true word spoken in jest
  • tizzle a wild card word for words beginning with
  • to that effect
  • too (something) for words
  • too for words
  • too funny for words
  • too funny, sad, etc. for words
  • took the words right out of my mouth
  • true to (one's) word
  • true to word
  • twist (one's) words
  • twist words
  • upon my word
  • utter a word
  • vizzle
  • vizzle a wild card word for words beginning with
  • war of words
  • weasel word
  • weasel words
  • weigh (one's) words
  • weigh one's words
  • weigh one's words, to
  • weigh words
  • weigh your words
  • What’s the good word?
  • What’s the word?
  • What's the (good) word?
  • What's the magic word?
  • What's the word?
  • when (the) word gets out
  • winged words
  • wizzle
  • wizzle a wild card word for words beginning with
  • won't breathe a word
  • won't hear a word against (someone or something)
  • word
  • word (up)
  • word by word
  • word for word
  • word gets around
  • word has it (that)
  • word hole
  • word is good
  • word of honor
  • word of mouse
  • word of mouth
  • word of mouth, by
  • word on the street
  • word on the wire
  • word spoken is past recalling
  • word to the wise
  • word to the wise, a
  • Word up.
  • word with
  • wordplay
  • words fail me
  • words of one syllable
  • words of one syllable, in
  • words right out of one's mouth, to take
  • words stick in (one's) throat
  • words to live by
  • words to that effect
  • yizzle a wild card word for words beginning with
  • your, his, etc. word is law
  • your, his, etc. word is your, his, etc. bond
  • your, his, etc. word of honour
  • your/the last/final word
  • zizzle
  • zizzle a wild card word for words beginning with
References in classic literature
This has to do with understanding words, which will be the topic of the next lecture; but something must be said about it now.
We might be tempted to put the memory-belief into the words: "Something like this image occurred." But such words would be very far from an accurate translation of the simplest kind of memory-belief.
This, however, would be a mistake, produced by attempting to give to words a precision which they do not possess when used by unsophisticated people.
This is a crisp and noble word, but it fails to pierce the marrow of the impulse which has gathered this friendly meeting and produced diese Anblick--eine Anblich welche ist gut zu sehen--gut fu"r die Augen in a foreign land and a far country--eine Anblick solche als in die gew:ohnliche Heidelberger phrase nennt man ein "scho"nes Aussicht!" Ja, freilich natu"rlich wahrscheinlich ebensowohl!
Difficult?--troublesome?--these words cannot describe it.
For instance, if one is casually referring to a house, HAUS, or a horse, PFERD, or a dog, HUND, he spells these words as I have indicated; but if he is referring to them in the Dative case, he sticks on a foolish and unnecessary E and spells them HAUSE, PFERDE, HUNDE.
It is true that by holding me up and obstructing my message, you may bring about the evil you seek, but unless that word is cabled back to New York, and my senders believe that my message has been delivered, there can be no certainty.
"For the very reasons you name that word will be given."
I really cannot find words to express my appreciation of my nephew's conduct."
As she spoke her last words, I was conscious of a change in that part of the room.
I spoke a few composing words before I questioned her.
night - and I will explain the matter in the fewest words. I promised Mr.
He knew that none of the words now uttered by Napoleon had any significance, and that Napoleon himself would be ashamed of them when he came to his senses.
I, in return, ask you to describe in words or indicate by motion that other Line of which you speak.
Why waste more words? Suffice it that I am the completion of your incomplete self.