verbal
adjective /ˈvɜːbl/
/ˈvɜːrbl/
- relating to words
- The job applicant must have good verbal skills.
- non-verbal communication (= expressions of the face, gestures, etc.)
- spoken, not written
- a verbal agreement/warning
- verbal instructions
- (grammar) relating to verbs
- a verbal noun (= a noun formed from a verb, for example smoking)
Word Originlate 15th cent. (describing a person who deals with words rather than things): from French, or from late Latin verbalis, from verbum ‘word’.