Definitions for verbal
ˈvɜr bəlver·bal

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.5 / 2 votes

1. verbaladjective

   communicated in the form of words

   "verbal imagery"; "a verbal protest"

2. verbaladjective

   of or relating to or formed from words in general

   "verbal ability"

3. verbaladjective

   of or relating to or formed from a verb

   "verbal adjectives like `running' in `hot and cold running water'"

4. verbaladjective

   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. verbaladjective

   expressed in spoken words

   "a verbal contract"

6. verbaladjective

   prolix

   "you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal"- Shakespeare

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. verbalnoun

   A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals.

2. verbalverb

   To fabricate a confession

3. verbaladjective

   Of, or relating to words.

4. verbaladjective

   Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text.

5. verbaladjective

   Consisting of words only.

6. verbaladjective

   Expressly spoken or written, as opposed to implied.

7. verbaladjective

   Derived from, or having the nature of a verb.

8. verbaladjective

   Used to form a verb.

9. verbaladjective

   Capable of speech.

10. Etymology: From the verbalis.

ChatGPTRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. verbal

   Verbal refers to anything related to spoken or written words. It is typically used to describe something that involves the use of language, such as communication, expressions, agreement, or description. The term can also be used in reference to the use of words rather than physical action. Verbal is derived from the Latin word "verbum," meaning word.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Verbaladjective

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

2. Verbaladjective

   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. Verbaladjective

   having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as, a verbal translation

4. Verbaladjective

   abounding with words; verbose

5. Verbaladjective

   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. Verbalnoun

   a noun derived from a verb

7. Etymology: [F., fr. L. verbalis. See Verb.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. verbal

   To communicate, express or speak using words.

   The verbal communication is accurate with all people on the team.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on November 27, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. VERBAL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Verbal is ranked #97210 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Verbal surname appeared 187 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Verbal.
   
   59.8% or 112 total occurrences were Black.
   36.3% or 68 total occurrences were White.

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'verbal' in Adjectives Frequency: #751

Anagrams for verbal »

1. barvel

2. blaver

How to pronounce verbal?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say verbal in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of verbal in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of verbal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of verbal in a Sentence

1. Northrop Frye:

   It is clear that all verbal structures with meaning are verbal imitations of that elusive psychological and physiological process known as thought, a process stumbling through emotional entanglements, sudden irrational convictions, involuntary gleams of insight, rationalized prejudices, and blocks of panic and inertia, finally to reach a completely incommunicable intuition.

2. Jay Olson:

   The test measures divergent thinking and verbal creativity, which are important but limited aspects of overall creativity. Our task won't predict your creative culinary skills, but it will predict performance on various types of problem-solving, which suggests it is doing more than simply measuring vocabulary, still, we'll need future research to assess how our task relates to other verbal abilities or intelligence more broadly.

3. Steve Burrell:

   The board was extremely frustrated with the organization regarding the Bay Buchanan event since the written and verbal description of the event was very different from what was advertised as the event, so the board unanimously voted to deny funding.

4. Karl Buhler, 1930:

   By the time the child can draw more that scribble, by the age of four or five years, an already well-formed body of conceptual knowledge formulated in language dominates his memory and controls his graphic work. Drawings are graphic accounts of essentially verbal processes. As an essentially verbal education gains control, the child abandons his graphic efforts and relies almost entirely on words. Language has first spoilt drawing and then swallowed it up completely.

5. Mary Karapetian Alvord:

   As a practitioner, I can't smell them, I can't see their eyes as clearly, what their gait is like, you miss non-verbal sometimes, i rely on thosenon-verbal cues provide important information that helps assess the individuals condition each session.

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