Definitions for words
words

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1. wordsnoun

   the words that are spoken

   "I listened to his words very closely"

2. lyric, words, languagenoun

   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"

3. wordsnoun

   language that is spoken or written

   "he has a gift for words"; "she put her thoughts into words"

4. quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustupnoun

   an angry dispute

   "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"

5. actor's line, speech, wordsnoun

   words making up the dialogue of a play

   "the actor forgot his speech"

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1. wordsnoun

   An angry discussion.

   They had words at the bar, but I don't know what about.

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1. words

   A word is a basic element of language that carries an objective or practical meaning, can be used on its own, and is uninterruptible. Despite the fact that language speakers often have an intuitive grasp of what a word is, there is no consensus among linguists on its definition and numerous attempts to find specific criteria of the concept remain controversial. Different standards have been proposed, depending on the theoretical background and descriptive context; these do not converge on a single definition.: 13:618  Some specific definitions of the term "word" are employed to convey its different meanings at different levels of description, for example based on phonological, grammatical or orthographic basis. Others suggest that the concept is simply a convention used in everyday situations.: 6 The concept of "word" is distinguished from that of a morpheme, which is the smallest unit of language that has a meaning, even if it cannot stand on its own. Words are made out of at least one morpheme. Morphemes can also be joined to create other words in a process of morphological derivation.: 768  In English and many other languages, the morphemes that make up a word generally include at least one root (such as "rock", "god", "type", "writ", "can", "not") and possibly some affixes ("-s", "un-", "-ly", "-ness"). Words with more than one root ("[type][writ]er", "[cow][boy]s", "[tele][graph]ically") are called compound words. In turn, words are combined to form other elements of language, such as phrases ("a red rock", "put up with"), clauses ("I threw a rock"), and sentences ("I threw a rock, but missed"). In many languages, the notion of what constitutes a "word" may be learned as part of learning the writing system. This is the case for the English language, and for most languages that are written with alphabets derived from the ancient Latin or Greek alphabets. In English orthography, the letter sequences "rock", "god", "write", "with", "the", and "not" are considered to be single-morpheme words, whereas "rocks", "ungodliness", "typewriter", and "cannot" are words composed of two or more morphemes ("rock"+"s", "un"+"god"+"li"+"ness", "type"+"writ"+"er", and "can"+"not").

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1. Words

   "Words" is a song by the English rock band Bee Gees, Written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb. The song reached #1 in Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands and China. "Words" has been recorded by many other artists. Among them are a hit version by Rita Coolidge in 1978 and a version by Boyzone on the 1996 album A Different Beat. This was Boyzone's fifth single and their first number one hit in the UK.

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1. words

   The airy, fairy humming-birds of the imagination.

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1. words

   Plural form of word.

   Words and language are vital to our evolution on the planet, words have developed over time and are used to educate, express ourselves, read and write.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on December 17, 2015  

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   words

   Singing is better than words because it gives joy to speech. Lyrics ate important but the melody defines the song.

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on March 7, 2021  

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1. words

   Song lyrics by words -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by words on the Lyrics.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Dispute
   • Language
   • Line
   • Speech
   • Text

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'words' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #373

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'words' in Written Corpus Frequency: #451

Anagrams for words »

1. sword

2. s-word

How to pronounce words?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say words in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of words in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of words in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of words in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   There has been discussion about an appearance before Congress, any testimony from this office would not go beyond our report. It contains our findings and analysis, and the reasons for the decisions we made. We chose those words carefully, and the work speaks for itself.

2. RAMANA PEMMARAJU:

   Words don’t take you anywhere, at the most they aid in a mental projection; it’s the experience that transforms YOU, only then do words elevate your mood. Hence withdraw from the world of words, Live more...

3. Larry Rosen:

   The hand wave just says we're done, our instinct is we need to close and complete that loop. In person, we can close it with our words, but that doesn't work in a large meeting on Zoom.

4. Lisa Haisha:

   We human beings have always known that our eyes reveal our true nature. It’s nearly impossible to hide emotions in them. “Look me in the eye and tell me the truth,” the questioner will say to the accused, because both parties know that while words can mask the truth, our eyes will invariably reveal it.

5. William Carlos Williams:

   What power has love but forgiveness In other words by its intervention what has been done can be undone. What good is it otherwise

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