verbal
37
3.2
- adjective
- /ˈvɜrbəl/
:
oral
- I am happy this is a joke, but we have verbal confirmation.
- verbal or written
- verbal abuse
- verbal consent
But if it's a verbal war, verbal war is going on.
- But if it's a verbal war, verbal war is going on.
- But there are very few politicians who limit their entire verbal output to cliches.
- Target audience is a big deal both in, in in verbal presentations and in writing.
- Tics is on the spectrum of Tourette's, you know, some verbal outbursts.
- I am happy this is a joke, but we have verbal confirmation.
- Now there is the question of verbal hate crimes in general.
- You were so deeply immersed in an endeavor, violin playing that is not of verbal language.
- So verbal abuse, physical abuse, disrespect.
- You know, you need a non verbal cue equivalent of dropping a handkerchief.
- It's non verbal really, and it's very powerful.
- And I attribute that to the verbal hitting of the child when we were growing up.
Examples
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She prefers verbal instructions rather than written ones when learning something new.
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You two have a verbal agreement.
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Users select a country and are provided with a brief verbal description of music found there.
Academic text (1999) -
Of these events, 62 percent are verbal, and more than two-thirds of these were not official statements.
Academic text (2008) -
The second you announce A farewell tour, you, you're essentially making a verbal contract with your fans, right?
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Verbal communication is ill-advised in a combat scenario.
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During the meeting, he provided a verbal update on the project's progress.
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The teacher asked for a verbal response from each student after reading the passage.
Synonyms
99
2.7
Said aloud instead of written down
1
1.0
Said aloud rather than written
Put into words rather than shown by actions
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
5.3
Being able to use and understand spoken and written words well
How Linguistic
35
4.8
37
3.2
- Specialized
1
8.1
8
3.7
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word verbal comes from the Latin verbum 'word', the same root as the English verb. So a verbal promise is one given 'in words', often spoken rather than written.