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US
/ˈwɑtʃˌwɝd/
]
[ UK /wˈɒtʃwɜːd/ ]
[ UK /wˈɒtʃwɜːd/ ]
NOUN
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a slogan used to rally support for a cause
a cry to arms
our watchword will be `democracy' -
a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
he forgot the password
How To Use watchword In A Sentence
- Chris, you don’t seem arrogant and decentralisation is your watchword, so I guess I’ll give the benefit of the doubt. A conversation with Ville Vesterinen about standards and the open social web | FactoryCity
- our watchword will be `democracy'
- Environmental quality will be the watchword for the 21st century.
- So I would say that the words ‘electoral integrity’ have not been the watchwords of this Government.
- A watchword is the familiar code used by a sentinel to tell the approach of a friend. Party Watchwords: Fairness and Fear
- Its watchwords are free markets, privatisation, deregulation, flexibility, downsizing.
- To the delight of late-night television comedians, President George H.W. Bush used to talk incessantly about “prudence,” but in fact the term is a deadly serious watchword for the “realist” school of foreign policy. What Would Wilson Do?
- Partnership is the watchword of U.S. strategy in this administration.
- Convergence became the watchword as boundaries separating local and long-distance, voice and data, cable and telephone, and wireline and wireless services eroded.
- Suddenly, caution was the watchword and she grew cagey and defensive, waiting for the chances to land in her lap.