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Oral

adjective

1.

Using speech rather than writing. Synonym: unwritten. "An oral agreement"

2.

Of or relating to or affecting or for use in the mouth. "An oral thermometer" , "An oral vaccine"

3.

Of or involving the mouth or mouth region or the surface on which the mouth is located. "The oral mucous membrane" , "The oral surface of a starfish"

4.

A stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated in the mouth; fixation at this stage is said to result in dependence, selfishness, and aggression.

noun

1.

An examination conducted by spoken communication. Synonyms: oral exam, oral examination, viva, viva voce.

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"Oral" Quotes from Famous Books

... confronting him with a written document or a column of figures. Before these, indeed, he would stand crestfallen and abashed. Some strange terror seemed to possess him as to the peril of opposing himself to such inscrutable testimony—a fear, be it said, he never felt in contesting an oral witness. ...

— Lord Kilgobbin • Charles Lever

... as old as civilization itself. As soon as man began to invent characters by means of which he could communicate his thoughts to others, he began to use them for holding intercourse with his absent friends. They took the place of the oral message, which was neither so confidential nor so safe. Classical scholars have long been familiar with the fact that letter-writing was one of the accomplishments of an educated Greek and Roman. The letters of Cicero and Pliny are famous, and the letters of Plato and ...

— Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs • Rev. A. H. Sayce

... the letter just about where it would come in an oral canvass. The skillful salesman of high-priced shirts doesn't talk about the $3 price until he has shown the shirt and impressed the customer. If price is the big thing—is lower than the reader is likely to imagine it would be—it ...

— Business Correspondence • Anonymous

... different modifications of feeling and passion. In my opinion, it would, therefore, be of incalculable advantage to the public, if the drawing of the human figure were taught as an elementary essential in education. It would do more than any other species of oral or written instruction, to implant among the youth of the noble and opulent classes that correctness of taste which is so ornamental to their rank in society; while it would guide the artizan in the improvement of his productions in such a manner, ...

— The Life, Studies, And Works Of Benjamin West, Esq. • John Galt

... his robes and coronet—the beadle in his gaudy livery of scarlet, and purple, and gold—the dignitary in the fulness of his pomp—the demagogue in the triumph of his hollowness—these and other visual and oral cheats by which mankind are cajoled, have passed in review before us, conjured up by the ...

— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 1, July 17, 1841 • Various

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