verbal
A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verbA verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals.
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» Those children have limited verbal skills.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(countable)A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals.
нели́чная фо́рма глаго́лаnelíčnaja fórma glagóla
(Ireland, UK, countable)A spoken confession given to police.
(Ireland, UK, colloquial, uncountable)Talk; speech, especially banter or scolding.
Examples
49 sentencesThose children have limited verbal skills.
Tom has trouble dealing with verbal abuse.
Tom is severely autistic, but verbal.
У Тома серйозна форма аутизму, але він розмовляє. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
He opened up the verbal battle.
Sami started making some verbal threats.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Old French verbal, from Late Latin verbālis (“belonging to a word”). Equivalent to veFrom Old French verbal, from Late Latin verbālis (“belonging to a word”). Equivalent to verb + -al.
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Forms
plural: verbalsSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.