n.

a unit of language that native speakers can identify

"words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"

a brief statement

"he didn't say a word about it"

new information about specific and timely events

同義詞：newsintelligencetidings

the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)

同義詞：SonLogos

a promise

"he gave his word"

同義詞：paroleword of honor

a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group

"he forgot the password"

同義詞：passwordwatchwordparolecountersign

an exchange of views on some topic

"we had a word or two about it"

同義詞：discussiongive-and-take

the sacred writings of the Christian religions

同義詞：BibleChristian BibleBookGood BookHoly ScriptureHoly WritScriptureWord of God

a verbal command for action

"when I give the word, charge!"

a word is a string of bits stored in computer memory

"large computers use words up to 64 bits long"

Further Investigating Method Effects Associated With Negatively Worded Items on Self-Report Surveys
Self-Esteem and Method Effects Associated With Negatively Worded Items: Investigating Factorial Invariance by Sex
Careless Responding to Reverse-Worded Items: Implications for Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Longitudinal Invariance of Self-Esteem and Method Effects Associated With Negatively Worded Items
Shifting gears: consequences of including two negatively worded items in the middle of a positively worded questionnaire
Differential predictive power of the positively versus the negatively worded items of the Life Orientation Test.
POSITIVELY AND NEGATIVELY WORDED ITEMS IN A SELF-REPORT MEASURE OF DISPOSITIONAL OPTIMISM
Symptom-positively and -negatively worded items in two popular self-report inventories of anxiety and depression.
THE INTERACTIVE COMPUTER WORDED FORECAST
Development and preliminary validation of a simplified-wording form of the multidimensional personality questionnaire.