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Meaning of words in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Noun

    words

    Definitions

    1. the words that are spoken

    Examples

    • « I listened to his words very closely »
  2. 2. the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number

    Examples

    • « his compositions always started with the lyrics »
    • « he wrote both words and music »
    • « the song uses colloquial language »

    Derived terms

    • lyric
  3. 3. language that is spoken or written

    Examples

    • « he has a gift for words »
    • « she put her thoughts into words »
  4. 4. an angry dispute

    Examples

    • « they had a quarrel »
    • « they had words »

    Derived terms

    • altercate
    • argufy
    • brawl
    • dispute
    • quarrel
    • scrap
    • wrangle
  5. 5. words making up the dialogue of a play

    Examples

    • « the actor forgot his speech »

Famous quotes

  • « I don't think socialism, and I don't think warmness and respect are necessarily bad words. »
    Dave Matthews
  • « The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words. »
    Robert South
  • « I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry that is, prose = words in their best order - poetry = the best words in the best order. »
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • « I love the way you can fall in love with a piece of literature how words alone can get your heart doing that. »
    Laura Marling
  • « Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and repeat to yourself, the most comforting words of all this, too, shall pass. »
    Ann Landers

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