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1. (adj.) verbal
of or consisting of words:
verbal ability.
2. verbal
spoken rather than written; oral:
verbal communication.
3. verbal
concerned with words only, rather than with the ideas, facts, or realities expressed:
a purely verbal distinction.
4. verbal
corresponding word for word; verbatim:
a verbal translation.
5. verbal
of, pertaining to, or derived from a verb:
a verbal adjective.
6. verbal
used in a sentence as or like a verb.
7. (n.) verbal
a word, esp. a noun or adjective, derived from a verb, as a gerund, infinitive, or participle.
8. verbal
a word or group of words functioning as or like a verb.
Etymology: (1955–60)
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| Definition of 'verbal' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) verbal
communicated in the form of words
"verbal imagery"; "a verbal protest"
2. (adj) verbal
of or relating to or formed from words in general
"verbal ability"
3. (adj) verbal
of or relating to or formed from a verb
"verbal adjectives like `running' in `hot and cold running water'"
4. (adj) verbal
relating to or having facility in the use of words
"a good poet is a verbal artist"; "a merely verbal writer who sacrifices content to sound"; "verbal aptitude"
5. (adj) verbal
expressed in spoken words
"a verbal contract"
6. (adj) verbal
prolix
"you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal"- Shakespeare
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1. (adjective) verbal
relating to words
verbal fluency
2. verbal
verbal abuse
offensive words and criticism
3. verbal
spoken, not written down
a verbal warning
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| Definition of 'verbal' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) verbal
expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimony
2. (adj) verbal
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
3. (adj) verbal
having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as, a verbal translation
4. (adj) verbal
abounding with words; verbose
5. (adj) verbal
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
6. (noun) verbal
a noun derived from a verb
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Sense: of, or concerning, verbs
verbal endings such as `-fy', `-ize'.
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Afrikaans: werkwoordelik |
Arabic: فِعْلي، مُتَعَلِّق بالأفْ |
Bulgarian: глаголен |
Brazilian: verbal |
Czech: slovesný |
German: Verbal-... |
Danish: verbal |
Greek: ρηματικός |
Spanish: verbal |
Estonian: verbi- |
Farsi: فعلی |
Finnish: verbi- |
French: verbal |
Hebrew: פוֹעַלִי |
Hindi: मौखिक |
Croatian: glagolski |
Hungarian: igei |
Indonesian: mengenai kata kerja |
Icelandic: sagn-, sagnar- |
Italian: verbale |
Japanese: 動詞の |
Korean: 동사의 |
Lithuanian: veiksmažodžio |
Latvian: verbāls; darbības vārda- |
Malay: kata-kata |
Dutch: werkwoordelijk |
Norwegian: verbal-, ord- |
Polish: czasownikowy |
Portuguese: verbal |
Romanian: verbal |
Russian: (от)глагольный |
Slovak: slovesný |
Slovenian: glagolski |
Serbian: glagolski |
Swedish: verb- |
Thai: เกี่ยวกับคำกริยา |
Turkish: fiil ile ilgili |
Taiwanese: 動詞的,與動詞有關的 |
Ukrainian: дієслівний; віддієслівний |
Urdu: فعل سے متعلق |
Vietnamese: thuộc động từ, có gốc độn |
Chinese: 动词的,由动词构成的 |
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