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words

  • /wɜːdz/ UK
  • /wɜɹdz/ US

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dz

noun

  1. plural plural of word Words have a longer life than deeds. — Pindar (translated)

noun

  1. plural, plural only Angry debate or conversation; argument. After she found out the truth, she had words with him, to tell him how she felt.
  2. plural, plural only The lines in a script for a performance. You better get your words memorised before rehearsal next Sat.
  3. plural, plural only Lyrics. The composer set the words to music.

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of word

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: quarrel, wrangle, dustup, run-in, speech, language, row, lyric, mot, term, towards, glance, this, tell, indication, defined

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noun angry debate or conversation

中文氣話 /气话 qìhuà, 爭吵 /争吵 zhēngchǎo
DeutschStreit
Русскийссора ssora

noun lines in a script for a performance

中文臺詞 /台词 táicí
Русскийслова slova, текст tekst

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@misc{words_2026,
  title = {words},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/words},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}