Verbal: Definitions, Usage, and Examples

Verbal (adjective) has three related senses:

  1. Relating to words or language – verbal communication, verbal skills, verbal agreement.
  2. Existing in words only; not actualized – a verbal promise (vs. written contract).
  3. Grammar: pertaining to a verb – verbal noun, verbal phrase, verbal adjective (participle).

Context clarifies which meaning is intended.

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