Definition of Verbal

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Verbal

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

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.

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

Abounding with words; verbose.

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.

A noun derived from a verb.

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Verbal Quotations

You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
W. Clement Stone

A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.
Samuel Goldwyn

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.
George Orwell

To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education - literacy, both verbal and numerical, and communication skills.
Alan Greenspan

There must be a reason why photographers are not very good at verbal communication. I think we get lazy.
Annie Leibovitz

A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: 'Duh.'
Conan O'Brien

My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores. Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them.
Fran Lebowitz

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.
W. H. Auden

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.
W. H. Auden

Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key.
Henry Van Dyke

Verbal Translations

verbal in French is de vive voix
verbal in Italian is orale
verbal in Spanish is oral, verbal
verbal in Swedish is muntlig, ordagrann

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