Verbal

['vɜːb(ə)l] or ['vɝbl]

Definition

(adj.) communicated in the form of words; 'verbal imagery'; 'a verbal protest' .

(adj.) prolix; 'you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal'- Shakespeare .

(adj.) relating to or having facility in the use of words; 'a good poet is a verbal artist'; 'a merely verbal writer who sacrifices content to sound'; 'verbal aptitude' .

(adj.) expressed in spoken words; 'a verbal contract' .

(adj.) of or relating to or formed from a verb; 'verbal adjectives like `running' in `hot and cold running water'' .

(adj.) of or relating to or formed from words in general; 'verbal ability' .

Checked by Groves--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimony.

(a.) Consisting in, or having to do with, words only; dealing with words rather than with the ideas intended to be conveyed; as, a verbal critic; a verbal change.

(a.) Having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as, a verbal translation.

(a.) Abounding with words; verbose.

(a.) Of or pertaining to a verb; as, a verbal group; derived directly from a verb; as, a verbal noun; used in forming verbs; as, a verbal prefix.

(n.) A noun derived from a verb.

Editor: Ned

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Oral, spoken, unwritten, parole, nuncupative, not written.[2]. As to words, about words.[3]. Literal, word for word.[4]. Derived from a verb.

Checked by Clifton

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Oral, spoken, parole, vocal, unwritten, unrecorded

ANT:Written, documentary, epistolary, recorded

Typed by Helga

Examples

Typist: Martha

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