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Definitions for WORD OF MOUTH
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. grapevine, pipeline, word of mouthadjective

    gossip spread by spoken communication

    "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth"

  2. viva-voce, word-of-mouthadjective

    expressed orally

    "a viva-voce report"; "the film had good word-of-mouth publicity"

Wiktionary

  1. word of mouthnoun

    Verbal means of passing of information.

Wikipedia

  1. Word of mouth

    Word of mouth, also called viva voce, is the passing of information from person to person using oral communication, which could be as simple as telling someone the time of day. Storytelling is a common form of word-of-mouth communication where one person tells others a story about a real event or something made up. Oral tradition is cultural material and traditions transmitted by word of mouth through successive generations. Storytelling and oral tradition are forms of word of mouth that play important roles in folklore and mythology. Another example of oral communication is oral history—the recording, preservation and interpretation of historical information, based on the personal experiences and opinions of the speaker. Oral history preservation is the field that deals with the care and upkeep of oral history materials collected by word of mouth, whatever format they may be in.

ChatGPT

  1. word of mouth

    Word of mouth refers to the act of sharing information, opinions, or experiences through informal verbal communication, usually on a person-to-person basis. This could be in reference to a product, service, event, or individual. It is considered a powerful form of promotion due to its authenticity and credibility.

Wikidata

  1. Word of mouth

    Word of mouth, or viva voce, is the passing of information from person to person by oral communication, which could be as simple as telling someone the time of day. Storytelling is a common form of word-of-mouth communication where one person tells others a story about a real event or something made up. Oral tradition is cultural material and traditions transmitted by word of mouth through successive generations. Storytelling and oral tradition are forms of word of mouth that play important roles in folklore and mythology. Another example of oral communication is oral history—the recording, preservation and interpretation of historical information, based on the personal experiences and opinions of the speaker. Oral history preservation is the field that deals with the care and upkeep of oral history materials collected by word of mouth, whatever format they may be in. An important area of marketing is called word-of-mouth marketing, which relies on the added credibility of person-to-person communication, a personal recommendation.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of WORD OF MOUTH in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of WORD OF MOUTH in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of WORD OF MOUTH in a Sentence

  1. Dave Hollis:

    Most encouragingly in this one, the exit scores we're seeing from women — their likelihood to recommend and how much they enjoyed the film — was higher here than almost any film we've had, it's a great sign for what word of mouth should be for the run, but, two, what it means for how women think about these movies being for them as much as men might.

  2. Patricia Pinto:

    The kids come to us by word of mouth – we’ve been in business for 25 years, so one person tells the other.

  3. Salim Abdool Karim:

    It was quite striking, nobody said they had HIV. But it was just word of mouth and patients started streaming in. And the first thing that happened is that two or three weeks later, they would come back and tell you they were putting on weight. It was amazing to watch.

  4. Michael Scott:

    We'd have liked it to open a little bit stronger, but we think that word-of-mouth is going to start to kick in, do You Believe?

  5. Caroline Weaver:

    A lot of our customers are people who happen to be walking by, and they come in a little surprised and amused by a shop that just sells pencils, but we also get a lot of word-of-mouth business from journalists, designers, architects and kids coming in after school. I love seeing kids get excited about pencils. Adults remember the smell, the tactile sensation of writing with a freshly sharpened pencil.


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