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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spoken |
| Synonyms: | articulate, ejaculatory, lingual, narrated, phonated, phonetic, phonic, recounted, related, said, sonant, sounded, told, unwritten, uttered, verbal, viva voce, vocal, voiced, word-of-mouth |
| Notes: | oral applies only to the spoken word but verbal can describe both spoken and written; oral means 'by mouth' or 'by spoken word' and verbal means 'written or spoken word' - so an oral agreement is spoken but a verbal agreement can be spoken or written |
| Antonyms: | printed, written |
| Main Entry: | vocal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spoken |
| Synonyms: | articulate, articulated, choral, expressed, intonated, lyric, modulated, operatic, oral, phonetic, phonic, pronounced, put into words, said, singing, sonant, sung, uttered, verbal, viva voce, vocalic, vocalized, voiced, vowel |
| Antonyms: | written |
| Main Entry: | word of mouth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | oral communication |
| Synonyms: | oral message, orally, parol, personal account, speech, spoken communication, spoken word, verbal evidence, viva voce |
| Main Entry: | orally |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | verbally |
| Synonyms: | by work of mouth, personally, spoken, viva voce |
| Main Entry: | sonant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vocal |
| Synonyms: | articulate, articulated, choral, expressed, intonated, lyric, modulated, operatic, oral, phonetic, phonic, pronounced, put into words, said, singing, spoken, sung, uttered, verbal, viva voce, vocalic, vocalized, voiced, vowel |
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