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What is a word?

Brong Asked on August 6, 2018 in Education & Reference.
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Thanks for the questions –

Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch woord and German Wort, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin verbum ‘word’.

What is a word

Word a single distinct meaningful element of speech or writing, used with others (or sometimes alone) to form a sentence and typically shown with a space on either side when written or printed.

Example: “I don’t like the word ‘unofficial’”

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Brong Answered on September 3, 2018.
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