usage: the words that are spoken; "I listened to his words very closely"
2. lyric, words, language, text, textual matter
usage: 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. words, language, linguistic communication
usage: language that is spoken or written; "he has a gift for words"; "she put her thoughts into words"
usage: a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"
2. lyric, words, language, text, textual matter
usage: a brief statement; "he didn't say a word about it"
3. words, language, linguistic communication
usage: information about recent and important events; "they awaited news of the outcome"