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verbal

/'v/[@]/rb/@/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. of or relating to or formed from words in general

    adj.pert

    Examples
    Verbal ability.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. of or relating to or formed from a verb

    adj.pert

    Examples
    Verbal adjectives like `running' in `hot and cold running water'.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. relating to or having facility in the use of words

    adj.all

    Examples
    A good poet is a verbal artist.
    A merely verbal writer who sacrifices content to sound.
    Verbal aptitude.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a <i>verbal</i> contract; <i>verbal</i> testimony.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. A noun derived from a verb.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. communicated in the form of words

    adj.all

    Examples
    Verbal imagery.
    A verbal protest.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. expressed in spoken words

    adj.all

    Examples
    A verbal contract.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. prolix

    adj.all

    Examples
    You put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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