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ACTOR'S LINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does actor's line mean?
• ACTOR'S LINE (noun)
The noun ACTOR'S LINE has 1 sense:
1. words making up the dialogue of a play
Familiarity information: ACTOR'S LINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Words making up the dialogue of a play
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Context example:
the actor forgot his speech
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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