Verbal may mean:
- Non-finite verb, a verb form that functions both as a verb and as another lexical category. In Linguistics, a non-finite verb (or a verbal) is a Verb form that is not limited by a subject and more generally is not fully inflected by
- A word or group of words that functions as a verb by serving as the head of a verb phrase. For English usage of verbs see the wiki article English verbs. In linguistics the head is the word that determines the syntactic type of the Phrase of which it is a member or analogously the stem that determines the In Linguistics, a verb phrase or VP is a syntactic structure composed of the predicative elements of a sentence and functions (In some languages, adjectives are verbals. In Grammar, an adjective is a word whose main syntactic role is to modify a Noun or Pronoun, giving more information about the )
- Pertaining to language in general, or to spoken words in particular. A language is a dynamic set of visual auditory or tactile Symbols of Communication and the elements used to manipulate them Speech refers to the processes associated with the production and perception of Sounds used in Spoken language.
- A major character in the 1995 film The Usual Suspects. The Usual Suspects is a 1995 American Neo-noir Film written by Christopher McQuarrie and directed by Bryan Singer.
- One part of the Japanese hip-hop duo m-flo
m-flo is a Japanese hip hop group consisting of producer and DJ Taku Takahashi and emcee VERBAL
Dictionary
verbal
-adjective
- Of, or relating to words.
- Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text.
- Consisting of words only.
- Expressly spoken or written, as opposed to implied.
- (grammar) Derived from, or having the nature of a verb.
- (grammar) Used to form a verb.
- Spoken and not written; oral.
-noun
- (grammar) A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals.
-verb
- (transitive, UK, Australia) To fabricate a confession
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