spoken foradjective [ after verb ]
uk/ˈspəʊ.kən ˌfɔːr/us/ˈspoʊ.kən ˌfɔːr/If something is spoken for, it is not available because someone has already bought or asked for it:
Most of the best paintings in the exhibition were already spoken for.
old-fashioned If someone is spoken for, they are not available for a romantic relationship because they are already having one with someone else:
Both girls were spoken for.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unavailable and inaccessible
- busy
- busy signal
- discontinued
- engaged
- gone
- impenetrable
- inaccessible
- irrecoverable
- lost
- off
- out
- oversubscribed
- reserved
- season
- tie
- tie sb up
- tie sth up
- unavailable
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