Watchword Meaning in English

word

US

ˈwɑtʃˌwɝd

WACH-werd

UK

wˈɒtʃwɜːd

WOCH-wuhd

التعريف

A watchword is a word or phrase expressing a guiding principle, or a slogan. Historically, it can also mean a password used for security.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Formal or literary; rarely used in everyday speech. Common with guiding principles—'Their watchword is innovation'. The old security use is now uncommon. Not to be confused with 'password' for computers.

• Spanish: lema - consigna
• Portuguese (BR): lema - senha (antigo)
• Portuguese (PT): lema - senha (antigo)
• Chinese (Simplified): 口号 - 指令（古语）
• Chinese (Traditional): 口號 - 指令（古語）
• Hindi: मूल मंत्र - पासवर्ड (पुराना अर्थ)
• Arabic: شعار - كلمة سر (قديمًا)
• Bengali: মূলমন্ত্র - স্লোগান
• Russian: девиз - лозунг
• Japanese: 合言葉 - スローガン
• Vietnamese: khẩu hiệu - phương châm
• Korean: 표어 - 슬로건
• Turkish: parola - şiar
• Urdu: نعرہ - اصول (رہنما جملہ)
• Indonesian: slogan - kata kunci

جمل نموذجية

The company's watchword is honesty.

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Safety is our watchword.

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Equality became the new watchword of the movement.

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If you want to succeed here, let 'flexibility' be your watchword.

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For the soldiers, the watchword was 'courage'.

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‘Teamwork’ isn't just a watchword here — we really mean it.

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