verbal
To allege that someone has made an oral admissionTo allege (usually falsely) that someone has made an oral admission.
» Those children have limited verbal skills.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(Australia, UK)To allege (usually falsely) that someone has made an oral admission.
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.
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
verbals, verbaling, verbaled, verbaledLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
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.