of word

be a man/woman of his/her word

To be known for upholding one's promises. If Ted said that he'll help you move, then he'll definitely be here—he's a man of his word.

of (one's) word

Displaying personal dependability: a woman of her word.

See also: of, word

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The dictionary must draw the line somewhere--so it leaves this sort of words out.

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Collections of word ladders can be assembled into exceedingly-tangled word networks.

Look back! Over the years Word Ways has displayed a varied logological corpus. In this column I revisit forgotten ideas, connect seemingly-disparate concepts, and suggest further investigations

This paper presents two case studies that illustrate the multiple uses of word sorts, a word study phonics technique.

Multiple uses of a word study technique

One method works in all editions of Word editions; and starting with the 2000 edition, you have an additional option.

Speed up word's find tool

However, who back in 1947 would have envisioned experiencing a Jamaican-Chinese, lesbian wordsmith fire spitting love songs from a Broadway stage, joined by a multicultural crew of word slingers in a United Nations summit of syllables?

Sibling rivalries: literary poetry versus spoken word: why does the divide exist and what does it mean?

Through analysis of word position and sentence structure, the voice recognition system's language component determines the final selection of words and ultimately what they mean.

Can you understand me now? Soon records and information managers will be required to address the output of voice recognition systems as an integral part of their electronic records retention decisions

Also published this year is The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories: The Life Stories of Over 12,000 Words, edited by Glynnis Chantrell.

Two new books on words--one right on the money and one ... well ... nor worth the money. (Editing)

Links are the Internet equivalent of word of mouth.

Build it and they will come?

The sacraments and scripture, the formal faith of the church enshrined in the creeds, the cumulative experience of the Christian community that we call tradition are all expressions of word.

Listening with the ear of the heart

With large vocabularies, speaker training time becomes a problem since a tradeoff exists between the amount of word training required and the accuracy of recognition.

Voice recognition technology for persons who have motoric disabilities

The report, an in-depth look inside the conversations of top word of mouth (WOM) leaders, is the largest and most comprehensive study of the brand-related conversations of consumer influencers and is the first to provide estimates of the daily volume of word of mouth in the United States.

15% of Consumers Account for 1.5 Billion Brand Impressions Per Day, One Third of All Word of Mouth in the U.S

computer researcher Simon Byers conducted a survey of Word documents available on the Internet and found that many contain sensitive information.

Dangerous documents

The search for a universally acceptable 10-square is still one of the Holy Grails of word play.

(W)holesome fun

At the end of Hoven's Lexique, the reader will find a series of word lists including "mots d'origine non-latine," "diminutifs," and "mots classes d'apres divers suffixes ou terminaisons.

Lexique de la prose latine de la renaissance

This event promises to be the launching point for the next level of word of mouth measurement.

WOMMA Announces Word of Mouth Research Symposium: Learn to Quantify Consumer Engagement and Measure Blogs, Viral, Buzz, and CGM

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