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word / wərd

spo·ken / ˈspōkən

adjective

1. speaking in a specified way. /

noun

1. 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.

No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is on the spoken word, and the spoken word only, that his art is founded.

- Lascelles Abercrombie

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