"words" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /wɜːdz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wɜɹdz/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-words.ogg
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dz Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} words
  1. plural of word Tags: form-of, plural Form of: word
    Sense id: en-words-en-noun-Zh818nmH Categories (other): English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 26 6 27 10 31

Noun

IPA: /wɜːdz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wɜɹdz/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-words.ogg
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dz Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} words pl (plural only)
  1. (meiosis) Angry debate or conversation; argument. Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (angry debate or conversation): 氣話 /气话 (qìhuà) (english: words said in anger) (Chinese Mandarin), 爭吵 /争吵 (zhēngchǎo) (english: to argue) (Chinese Mandarin), sanaharkka (Finnish), Streit [masculine] (German), ссора (ssora) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-words-en-noun-AVtoe9SM Categories (other): English meioses Disambiguation of 'angry debate or conversation': 98 2 1
  2. The lines in a script for a performance. Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (lines in a script for a performance): 臺詞 /台词 (táicí) (Chinese Mandarin), sanat [plural] (Finnish), vuorosanat [plural] (Finnish), слова (slova) [plural] (Russian), текст (tekst) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-words-en-noun-eJ4cQqF~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 5 47 1 45 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 26 6 27 10 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 3 48 2 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 2 47 2 47 Disambiguation of 'lines in a script for a performance': 1 99 0
  3. Lyrics. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-words-en-noun-ByVSA9jV Categories (other): English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 26 6 27 10 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mince one's words, mince words

Verb

IPA: /wɜːdz/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wɜɹdz/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-words.ogg
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dz Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} words
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of word Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: word
    Sense id: en-words-en-verb-mgHTZeJs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 5 47 1 45 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 26 6 27 10 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 4 27 2 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 3 48 2 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 2 47 2 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 5 5 27 4 58 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 5 27 4 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 5 5 27 4 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 5 33 4 55

Inflected forms

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      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "word"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "third-person singular simple present indicative of word"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "word",
          "word#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɜːdz/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɜɹdz/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-words.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/60/En-us-words.ogg/En-us-words.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/En-us-words.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)dz"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "words"
  ],
  "word": "words"
}

Download raw JSONL data for words meaning in English (6.0kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_description/20250107",
  "msg": "Form tags without form: desc='plural plural-only', tagsets=[('plural', 'plural-only')]",
  "path": [
    "words"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "words",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: meiosis",
  "path": [
    "words"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "words",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: meiosis",
  "path": [
    "words"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "words",
  "trace": ""
}

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