| NOUN | communication | actor's line, speech, words | words making up the dialogue of a play |
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| Meaning | words making up the dialogue of a play. | |
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| Synonyms | speech, words | |
| Part of | dialogue, dialog | The lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction |
| Narrower | aside | A line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage |
| cue | An actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech | |
| monologue | A (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor | |
| soliloquy | A (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections | |
| throwaway | words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis | |
| Broader | line | text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen |
| Spanish | línea, papel | |
| Catalan | línia, paper | |
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