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n. (communication) | 1. words | the words that are spoken.; "I listened to his words very closely" |
| ~ oral communication, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication, language, speech | (language) communication by word of mouth.; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets" |
n. (communication) | 2. language, lyric, words | the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number.; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language" |
| ~ text, textual matter | the words of something written.; "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text" |
| ~ song, vocal | a short musical composition with words.; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs" |
| ~ love lyric | the lyric of a love song. |
n. (communication) | 3. words | language that is spoken or written.; "he has a gift for words"; "she put her thoughts into words" |
| ~ language, linguistic communication | a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols.; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written" |
n. (communication) | 4. dustup, quarrel, row, run-in, words, wrangle | an angry dispute.; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words" |
| ~ difference of opinion, dispute, difference, conflict | a disagreement or argument about something important.; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats" |
| ~ affray, altercation, fracas | noisy quarrel. |
| ~ bicker, bickering, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff, fuss | a quarrel about petty points. |
| ~ bust-up | a serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship). |
n. (communication) | 5. actor's line, speech, words | words making up the dialogue of a play.; "the actor forgot his speech" |
| ~ dialog, dialogue | the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction. |
| ~ aside | a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage. |
| ~ cue | an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech. |
| ~ monologue | a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor. |
| ~ soliloquy | a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections. |
| ~ throwaway | words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis. |
| ~ line | text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen.; "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza" |
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