oracy
oracy · oracies
The ability to speak, and to understand spoken languageThe ability to speak, and to understand spoken language
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The ability to speak, and to understand spoken language
(countable)A measure of this ability
Origin
From oral + -cy, by analogy with literacy. Coined by the British education researcher AndrFrom oral + -cy, by analogy with literacy. Coined by the British education researcher Andrew Wilkinson in 1965.
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