VERBAL


Meaning of VERBAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ vɜ:(r)b(ə)l ]

1.

You use verbal to indicate that something is expressed in speech rather than in writing or action.

They were jostled and subjected to a torrent of verbal abuse...

We have a verbal agreement with her...

ADJ : usu ADJ n

• ver‧bal‧ly

Teachers were threatened with kitchen knives, physically assaulted and verbally abused...

ADV

2.

You use verbal to indicate that something is connected with words and the use of words.

The test has scores for verbal skills, mathematical skills, and abstract reasoning skills...

ADJ : ADJ n

3.

In grammar, verbal means relating to a verb.

...a verbal noun.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

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