Crossword clues for wording
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word \Word\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Worded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wording.]
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To express in words; to phrase.
The apology for the king is the same, but worded with greater deference to that great prince.
--Addison. To ply with words; also, to cause to be by the use of a word or words. [Obs.]
--Howell.-
To flatter with words; to cajole. [Obs.]
--Shak.To word it, to bandy words; to dispute. [Obs.] ``To word it with a shrew.''
--L'Estrange.
Wording \Word"ing\, n. The act or manner of expressing in words; style of expression; phrasing.
It is believed this wording was above his known style.
--Milton.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"choice of words, manner in which something is expressed," apparently coined by Milton in "Eikonoklastes" (1649). From present participle of word (v.).
Wiktionary
n. (context uncountable English) A choice of words and the style in which they are used in a given context. vb. (present participle of word English)
WordNet
n. the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton [syn: diction, phrasing, phraseology, choice of words, verbiage]
Usage examples of "wording".
He thoroughly understood that the wording of the letter might be very important to him, and he took much trouble with it.
Austria in 1809 had not been sufficiently well concealed from Napoleon, and from the awkward wording of Memorandum No.
Since some of the wording in these reports is identical with the later published paper, we can be sure that these are indeed the original notes.
I understood it, sir, the order gave him a qualified permission, sir--I confess I went out of my way to ask for the exact wording, and to persuade him that was the case.
He had asked Babcott and Hoag to smooth the wording of the death certificates but was told, as expected, it could not be done.
The text was hedged round with prologues and appendices, legal wordings that had to do with humankind's propensity for complicating matters best left simple.
Simon has been unable to shed light on the wordings or possible meanings of these expensive communications, which leads me to conclude that the senders are using a type of code that is particularly difficult to break.
Nangi, Ikusa and Ken Oroshi chatted informally like the best of friends while the lawyers pored over their arcane wordings, nit-picking each other to death.
Nangi, Ikusa and Ken Oroshi chatted informally like the best of friends while the lawyers pored over their arcane wordings, nit-picking each other to death.