| Main Entry: | term |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | description of a concept |
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appellation, article, caption, denomination, designation, expression, head, indication, language, locution, moniker*, name, nomenclature, phrase, style, terminology, title, vocable, word |
| Main Entry: | word |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unit of language |
Synonyms: |
concept, designation, expression, idiom, lexeme, locution, morpheme, name, phrase, sound, term, usage, utterance, vocable |
| Main Entry: | speech sound |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sound unit of speech |
Synonyms: |
affricate, click, consonant, diphthong, fricative, implosive, liquid, phone, phonetic entity, phonetic unit, plosive, sibilant, sonant, spirant, syllable, vocable |
| Concept: | Word. |
| Category: | 2. Conventional Means; Language Generally |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
word, term, vocable; name; phrase; root, etymon; derivative; part of speech (grammar); ideophone., dictionary, vocabulary, lexicon, index, glossary, thesaurus, gradus, delectus, concordance., etymology, derivation; glossology, terminology, orismology; paleology (philogy)., lexicography; glossography (scholar); lexicologist, verbarian.
-adjectives
verbal, literal; titular, nominal., [Similarly derived] conjugat, paronymous; derivative.
-adverbs
verbally; verbatim (exactly).
-phrases
"the artillery of words" [Swift].
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| Concept: | Term. |
| Category: | 2. CONSECUTIVE ORDER |
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-nouns
term, rank, station, stage, step; degree; scale, remove, grade, link, peg, round of the ladder, status, position, place, point, mark, pas, period, pitch; stand, standing; footing, range.
-verbs
hold a place, occupy a place, find a place, fall into a place.
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