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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