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verbal
verbal: adj., n., & v. --adj.
1 of or concerned with words (made a verbal distinction).
2 oral, not written (gave a verbal statement).
3 Gram. of or in the nature of a verb (verbal inflections).
4 literal (a verbal translation).
5 talkative, articulate. --n.
1 Gram. a a verbal noun. b a word or words functioning as a verb.
2 sl. a verbal statement, esp. one made to the police.
3 sl. an insult; abuse (gave them the verbal). --v.tr. (verballed, verballing) Brit. sl. attribute a damaging statement to (a suspect). øverbal noun Gram. a noun formed as an inflection of a verb and partly sharing its constructions (e.g. smoking in smoking is forbidden: see -ING(1) )). øøverbally adv. [ME f. F verbal or LL verbalis (as VERB)]
Most popular pairs with verbal
verbal abuse
verbal communication
verbal advantage
verbal judo
verbal reasoning
verbal apraxia
verbal behavior
verbal irony
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