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ACTOR'S LINE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Words making up the dialogue of a play

Example:

the actor forgot his speech

Synonyms:

actor's line; speech; words

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("actor's line" is a kind of...):

line (text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "actor's line"):

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)

Holonyms ("actor's line" is a part of...):

dialog; dialogue (the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction)

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