"verbal" Definition

Definitions for the word "verbal" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. a.
Expressed in words, whether spoken or written, but commonly in spoken words; hence, spoken; oral; not written; as, a verbal contract; verbal testimony.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as, a verbal translation.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. a.
Abounding with words; verbose.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. a.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A noun derived from a verb.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. adj.
1 of words. 2 oral, not written. 3 of a verb. 4 (of a translation) literal. 5 talkative. n. 1 slang verbal statement to the police. 2 slang stream of abuse. verbally adv. [latin: related to *verb]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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