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wordages

wordages is the plural of wordage.

Meaning of wordage

Noun

wordage (countable and uncountable, plural wordages)

  1. Words collectively, considered in a mass sense.
    • Near-synonym: language
    Synonyms:
    language
  2. The excessive use of words.
    • But the plates are good, and, in reality, sufficient without all the wordage.1829 April, "Article VIII" (review of The Cause of Dry Rot Discovered), The Westminster Review, p. 417 (Google books view)
  3. The number of words used in a text: synonym of word count.
    • The official transcript totaled 2,045,000 words—more than twice the wordage of the Bible.1951 July 2, “MacArthur Hearing: Curtain”, in Time, retrieved 21 Apr 2015
  4. The choice of words used: word choice.
    • Near-synonyms: phrasing; terminology; phraseology

Questions about wordages

What is wordages the plural of?
Wordages is the plural of wordage.

Words near wordages in the dictionary

  1. word-stock
  2. word-stocks
  3. word-wheeling
  4. wordable
  5. wordage
  6. wordages
  7. wordaholic
  8. wordaholics
  9. wordbook
  10. wordbooks
  11. wordbound

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