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VERBAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Communicated in the form of words
Example:
a verbal protest
Classified under:
Similar:
communicative; communicatory (able or tending to communicate)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Prolix
Example:
you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal
Classified under:
Similar:
prolix (tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length)
Domain usage:
archaicism; archaism (the use of an archaic expression)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Relating to or having facility in the use of words
Example:
verbal aptitude
Classified under:
Adjectives
Antonym:
numerical (relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Expressed in spoken words
Example:
a verbal contract
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
spoken (uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Of or relating to or formed from a verb
Example:
verbal adjectives like 'running' in 'hot and cold running water'
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
verb (the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence)
Derivation:
verb (the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence)
verb (a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Of or relating to or formed from words in general
Example:
verbal ability
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)
Context examples:
UNSW Sydney scientist and study first author Associate Professor Thomas Whitford says it has long been thought that these auditory-verbal hallucinations arise from abnormalities in inner speech — our silent internal dialogue.
(Talking to Ourselves And Voices in Our Heads, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The study consisted of carrying out math and verbal testing of 25,000 people living in 162 counties in China and then comparing those results with air pollution conditions.
(Pollution Linked to Significant Decline in Human Cognition, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Dr Worthington explains: Ea’s lines are a verbal trick which can be understood in different ways which are phonetically identical.
(‘Trickster god’ used fake news in Babylonian Noah story, University of Cambridge)
Thus, the rhythms of the brainwaves corresponding to the speaker and the listener adjust according to the physical properties of the sound of the verbal messages expressed in a conversation.
(Our Brains Synchronize during A Conversation, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
However, today's robots and computers are not socially aware, so they cannot adapt to non-verbal cues.
(Eyes Can Indicate Personality Type, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Also, a range of cognitive tests were performed related to short-term memory, verbal comprehension and knowledge, psychomotor speed, visual processing, long-term storage and retrieval, and cognitive processing speed.
(Brain benefits of aerobic exercise lost to mercury exposure, NIH)
Issue associated with users being unclear and not able to follow any written, printed, or graphic matter that is affixed to a medical device or its containers, wrappers; with any matter that accompanies a medical device including verbal instructions related to identification, technical description and use of the medical device provided by the device manufactures that vary from the standard of medical care in a given environment.
(Confusing Instruction for Medical Device Use, Food and Drug Administration)
It was now above a week since John Dashwood had called in Berkeley Street, and as since that time no notice had been taken by them of his wife's indisposition, beyond one verbal enquiry, Elinor began to feel it necessary to pay her a visit.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Decision of the competent authorities in form of a letter, document, or verbal or electronic form, that confirms that somebody has permission to do something or be somewhere, e.g. to realize a given project.
(Authorization, NCI Thesaurus)
Issue associated with inaccuracies in any written, printed, or graphic matter that is affixed to a medical device or its containers, wrappers; with any matter that accompanies a medical device including verbal instructions related to identification, technical description and use of the medical device provided by the device manufacturers.
(Incorrect Instruction for Medical Device Use, Food and Drug Administration)
