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nounUK /wɜːdz/ · US /wɜɹdz/
1
Angry debate or conversation; argument.
- After she found out the truth, she had words with him, to tell him how she felt.
2
The lines in a script for a performance.
- You better get your words memorised before rehearsal next Sat.
3
Lyrics.
- The composer set the words to music.
- Derived terms
- mince one's words, mince words