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keyword key·word

Spelling: [kee-wurd]

IPA: /ˈkiˌwɜrd/

Keyword is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 129 anagrams from letters in keyword (dekorwy).

Definitions for keyword

noun

1. a word that serves as a key, as to the meaning of another word, a sentence, passage, or the like.
2. a word used to encipher or decipher a cryptogram, as a pattern for a transposition procedure or the basis for a complex substitution.
3. Also called catchword. Library Science. a significant or memorable word or term in the title, abstract, or text of a document or other item being indexed, used as the index entry.
4. Digital Technology. a word used to classify or organize digital content, or to facilitate an online search for information: .

Origin of keyword

First recorded in 1855-60; key¹ + word

Examples for keyword

In each of these the keyword of His message is—not to the unconverted, but to the Church—Repent!

What is a keyword for the opportunities of the Intermediate Age?

The word with which you parted so lightly is the keyword of all life.

When you send a tweet, Google a keyword, or stream a Netflix movie, you are harvesting what Shannon sowed.

Instead of using the letters of the message, the letters of the keyword are used.

Angwin notes that keyword searches are increasingly tracked.

The keyword to his political theory was not Pity nor Benevolence, but Justice.

The keyword is joy, with its variations of rejoice, and rejoicing.

Their version of journalism is to focus on things like “keyword density” and search-engine optimization.

The keyword—its significance had seemed to come to her in her sleep.