verbal
of or relating to words: verbal ability.
consisting of or in the form of words: verbal imagery.
expressed in spoken words; oral rather than written: verbal communication; verbal agreement.
consisting of or expressed in words (as opposed to actions): a verbal protest.
pertaining to or concerned with words only (as opposed to ideas, facts, or realities): a purely verbal distinction between two concepts.
corresponding word for word; verbatim: a verbal translation.
using words: verbal facility.
based on the use of words (as opposed to other activity): a verbal score in a test; verbal IQ.
Grammar.
of, relating to, or derived from a verb: verbal nouns and adjectives.
used in a sentence as or like a verb.
used to form verbs: the verbal ending “-ed.”
Grammar.
a word derived from a verb, especially one used as a noun or an adjective, as, in English, a gerund, participle, or infinitive.
a word or words used in a sentence as or like a verb.
Origin of verbal
1usage note For verbal
Other words for verbal
Other words from verbal
- ver·bal·ly, adverb
- non·ver·bal, adjective
Words that may be confused with verbal
- verbal , verbose
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How to use verbal in a sentence
The Jews answered contemptuously, “Let us have no more verbal disputations; let us come to actions.”
Curiosities of Christian History | Croake JamesHe was not equal to any more verbal fire-works that evening.
The Postmaster's Daughter | Louis Tracy
British Dictionary definitions for verbal
/ (ˈvɜːbəl) /
of, relating to, or using words, esp as opposed to ideas, etc: merely verbal concessions
oral rather than written: a verbal agreement
verbatim; literal: an almost verbal copy
grammar of or relating to verbs or a verb
grammar another word for verbid
(plural) slang abuse or invective: new forms of on-field verbals
(plural) slang a criminal's admission of guilt on arrest
slang (of the police) to implicate (someone) in a crime by quoting alleged admission of guilt in court
Derived forms of verbal
- verbally, adverb
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