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verbal
What does verbal mean?
verbal (adjective): communicated in the form of words.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use verbal in a sentence?
- A verbal protest. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce verbal?
/ˈvɝbəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does verbal come from?
From Old French verbal, from Late Latin verbālis (“belonging to a word”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “verbal” mean?
distant or otherwise inaccessible
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concerning all parts of the world
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communicated in the form of words
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not divided or shared with others
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