words

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /wɜːdz/
(General American) IPA^(key): /wɝdz/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dz

Noun

words

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

Noun

words pl (plural only)

(meiosis) Angry debate or conversation; argument. [from 15th c.]
After she found out the truth, she had words with him, to tell him how she felt.
Lines in a script for a performance.
You better get your words memorised before rehearsal next Saturday.
Lyrics.
The composer set the words to music.

Translations

angry debate or conversation

Chinese:
Mandarin: (to argue) 爭吵／争吵 (zh) (zhēngchǎo), (words said in anger) 氣話／气话 (zh) (qìhuà)
Finnish: sanaharkka (fi)
German: Streit (de) m
Russian: ссора (ru) (ssora)

lines in a script for a performance

Chinese:
Mandarin: 臺詞／台词 (zh) (táicí)
Finnish: sanat (fi) pl, vuorosanat pl
Russian: слова (ru) pl (slova), текст (ru) (tekst)

lyrics — see lyrics

Verb

words

third-person singular simple present indicative of word

Anagrams

Sword, s-word, sword

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