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the words that are spoken;
"I listened to his words very closely"
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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"
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language that is spoken or written;
"he has a gift for words"
"she put her thoughts into words"
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an angry dispute;
"they had a quarrel"
"they had words"
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words making up the dialogue of a play;
"the actor forgot his speech"