word

[wə:d] 1. noun

1) (the smallest unit of language (whether written, spoken or read).) beseda

2) (a (brief) conversation: I'd like a (quick) word with you in my office.) kratek pogovor

3) (news: When you get there, send word that you've arrived safely.) sporočilo

4) (a solemn promise: He gave her his word that it would never happen again.) beseda

2. verb

(to express in written or spoken language: How are you going to word the letter so that it doesn't seem rude?) izraziti z besedami

- wording

- word processor
- word processing
- word-perfect
- by word of mouth
- get a word in edgeways
- in a word
- keep
- break one's word
- take someone at his word
- take at his word
- take someone's word for it
- word for word

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I [wə:d]

noun

beseda; kar je (iz)rečeno; govor; besedilo, tekst (pesmi itd.); častna beseda, obljuba; pritrditev, zagotovitev, zagotovilo; nalog, ukaz, navodilo; geslo, parola; sporočilo, obvestilo, odgovor; religion božja beseda, sveto pismo, biblija; obsolete pregovor, (iz)rek, moto; plural pričkanje, prerekanje

the words — tekst, libreto

at a word — na besedo, takoj

by word of mouth — ustno

in so many words — dobesedno, (na) kratko

word for word — od besede do besede, dobesedno

beyond words — neizrazljiv

on the word, with the word — na to besedo, po tej besedi, s to besedo

in a word — z eno besedo, skratka

in other words — z drugimi besedami

upon my word (of honour)! — pri moji časti! (častna beseda!); saj (toda) to ni mogoče!

my word upon it! — pri moji časti! častna beseda!

a word to the wise — pametnemu človeku zadostuje ena sama beseda

a word and a blow — po besedah takoj pretep (ravs)

a word in (out of) season — (ne)primeren nasvet

a word or two — beseda ali dve, nekaj besed

big words — hvalisanje, širokoustenje

words and deeds — besede in dejanja

burning words — ognjevite, plamteče besede

fair, good words — lepe, laskave besede

high (hard, hot, sharp, warm) words — ostre, hude, trde, jezne besede

wild and whirling words — divje, nepremišljene besede

my word! — prav zares! bogme!

a play upon words — besedna igra

too beautiful for words — neizrekljive lepote

too silly for words — preneumno, nedopovedljivo neumno

to be a man of few words — biti redkobeseden, varčevati z besedami

to be as good as one's word — biti popolnoma zanesljiv

to be better than one's word — napraviti več, kot smo obljubili

to be worse than one's word — ne biti mož beseda, snesti besedo

to break one's word — prelomiti svojo besedo, ne držati (svoje) besede

hard words break no bones — oštevanje ne boli toliko kot palica; hude besede ne ubijajo

fine words butter no parsnips — lepe besede (še) niso dovolj

word came that... — zvedelo se je, da...

to eat one's word — snesti (svojo) besedo, preklicati svoje besede

to give one's word — dati (svojo) besedo, obljubiti

to hang on s.o.'s words — viseti na besedah kake osebe, pazljivo koga poslušati

to have a word with — imeti kratek razgovor z

to have words with — pričkati se, skregati se z; spreti se z

to have the last word — imeti zadnjo besedo

he has not a word to throw at a dog figuratively on je prefin, da bi govoril z drugimi

to have no words for — ne imeti besed za, ne moči izraziti

to keep one's word — držati (svojo) besedo, biti mož beseda

to leave word that... — sporočiti, da...

to make no word about — ne izgubljati besed o

to proceed from words to blows — od besed priti do pretepa

to put in ( —ali to say) a good word for — zastaviti (reči) dobro besedo za

to suit the action to the word — od besed takoj preiti na delo

to take s.o. at his word — prijeti koga za besedo

I took his word for it — nisem dvomil o (verjel sem) njegovi besedi

to retract one's word — umakniti (nazaj vzeti, preklicati) svojo besedo

send me word! — javi mi, sporoči mi!

to send word of one's arrival — obvestiti o svojem prihodu

to waste words — tratiti besede, zaman govoriti

II [wə:d]

transitive verb

izraziti (kaj) z besedami, formulirati, stilizirati, izreči (z besedami); obsolete laskati se, dobrikati se (komu)

to be worded — dobesedno se glasiti

strongly worded resolution — ostro sestavljena (formulirana) resolucija

well worded letter — lepo sestavljeno pismo; intransitive verb obsolete dialectal govoriti, besedovati, uporabljati besede