Oral
['ɔːr(ə)l] or ['ɔrəl]
Definition
(noun.) an examination conducted by spoken communication.
(adj.) a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated in the mouth; fixation at this stage is said to result in dependence, selfishness, and aggression .
(adj.) of or involving the mouth or mouth region or the surface on which the mouth is located; 'the oral cavity'; 'the oral mucous membrane'; 'the oral surface of a starfish' .
(adj.) using speech rather than writing; 'an oral tradition'; 'an oral agreement' .
(adj.) of or relating to or affecting or for use in the mouth; 'oral hygiene'; 'an oral thermometer'; 'an oral vaccine' .
Typist: Wesley--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Uttered by the mouth, or in words; spoken, not written; verbal; as, oral traditions; oral testimony; oral law.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the mouth; surrounding or lining the mouth; as, oral cilia or cirri.
Typist: Rex
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Spoken, verbal, nuncupative, parole, not written.
Typed by Helga
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Unwritten, traditional, vocal, spoken, verbal
ANT:Written, documentary
Typist: Wesley
Definition
adj. uttered by the mouth: spoken not written.—adv. O′rally.
Inputed by Franklin
Examples
- He is merely selecting the stimuli supplied by the forms of the letters and the motor reactions of oral or written reproduction. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- A great deal of this narrative is given in Mr. Edison's own language, from oral or written statements made in reply to questions addressed to him with the object of securing accuracy. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There was no literature except the oral tradition of the Vedas, and that was chiefly monopolized by the Brahmins; there was even less knowledge. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Editor: Tod