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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : wurd |
Phonetic Transcription : wɜrd |
Definition of take at word
Origin :- Old English word "speech, talk, utterance, word," from Proto-Germanic *wurdan (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian word, Dutch woord, Old High German, German wort, Old Norse orð, Gothic waurd), from PIE *were- "speak, say" (see verb).
- The meaning "promise" was in Old English, as was the theological sense. In the plural, the meaning "verbal altercation" (as in to have words with someone) dates from mid-15c. Word processor first recorded 1973; word processing is from 1984; word wrap is from 1977. A word to the wise is from Latin phrase verbum sapienti satis est "a word to the wise is enough." Word of mouth is recorded from 1550s.
- It is dangerous to leave written that which is badly written. A chance word, upon paper, may destroy the world. Watch carefully and erase, while the power is still yours, I say to myself, for all that is put down, once it escapes, may rot its way into a thousand minds, the corn become a black smut, and all libraries, of necessity, be burned to the ground as a consequence. [William Carlos Williams, "Paterson"]
- As in believe : verb trust, rely on
Synonyms for take at word
- accept
- accredit
- admit
- affirm
- attach weight to
- be certain of
- be convinced of
- be credulous
- be of the opinion
- buy
- conceive
- conclude
- consider
- count on
- credit
- deem
- fall for
- give credence to
- have
- have faith in
- have no doubt
- hold
- keep the faith
- lap up
- place confidence in
- posit
- postulate
- presume true
- presuppose
- reckon on
- regard
- rest assured
- suppose
- swallow
- swear by
- take as gospel
- take at one's word
- take for granted
- take it
- think
- trust
- understand
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