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- pronunciation:
- vuhr
b
 l
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or relating to words.
He has trouble with math, but he has strong verbal ability.- antonyms:
- nonverbal
- similar words:
- lexical, literal, syntactic, wordy
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| definition 2: |
involving only words.
He never hit her, but she suffered from his verbal abuse.- antonyms:
- nonverbal, physical
- similar words:
- spoken, vocal, written
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| definition 3: |
using the spoken rather than the written word; unwritten.
I hope they will honor our verbal agreement.- synonyms:
- oral, spoken
- antonyms:
- written
- similar words:
- colloquial, unwritten
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| definition 4: |
in grammar, of or relating to a verb or a word or phrase derived from a verb.
In the sentence "I enjoy running," the word "running" is a verbal noun. |
| related words: |
oral |
adverb + (adj.)verbal
purely
(adj.)verbal
+ adverb
significantly
(adj.)verbal
+ noun
ability,
abstraction,
abuse,
affection,
aggression,
aggressiveness,
agreement,
altercation,
aptitude,
assault,
attack,
behavior,
bullying,
coach,
command,
commitment,
communication,
component,
comprehension,
conduct,
confrontation,
consent,
contact,
content,
creativity,
criticism,
cue,
deficit,
description,
dexterity,
directive,
discourse,
discrepancy,
duel,
encouragement,
equivalent,
estimate,
exchange,
explanation,
expression,
feedback,
fluency,
gesture,
harassment,
hostility,
humor,
immediacy,
initiation,
instruction,
insult,
intelligence,
interaction,
jab,
label,
language,
learning,
math,
memory,
message,
mnemonic,
narrative,
nonverbal,
pattern,
performance,
persuasion,
portrait,
praise,
presentation,
processing,
prompt,
reasoning,
reassurance,
reinforcement,
representation,
reprimand,
response,
reward,
scale,
score,
signal,
skill,
sparring,
statement,
stimulus,
task,
taunt,
test,
text,
threat,
tic,
transformation,
uncertainty,
violence,
warning
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
in grammar, a word or phrase, esp. an adjective or noun, that is derived from a verb.
Nouns like "walking" and "sleeping," as well as adjectives like "bored" and "exhausted" are verbals.- synonyms:
- verbalism
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| derivation: |
verbally (adv.) |
The word verbal
contains the following parts:
verb
Latin
root
that means word
  Example words:
adverb, proverb, proverbial, verb, verbal, verbalism, verbalist, verbalize, verbatim, verbiage, verbose
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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