oraladjective
uk/ˈɔː.rəl/us/ˈɔːr.əl/oral adjective (SPOKEN)
B2 spoken and not written:
an oral agreement/exam
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- Only in borderline cases will pupils have an oral exam.
- We particularly concentrate on oral fluency.
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Forms of languages & specialist dialects
- acrolect
- argot
- basilect
- cant
- colloquialism
- legalese
- lingo
- lingua franca
- metalanguage
- newspeak
- non-standard
- patois
- pidgin
- plain English
- rhyming slang
- shibboleth
- slang
- slangy
- speak
- tongue
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oral adjective (MOUTH)
of, taken by, or done to the mouth:
oral hygiene
oral contraceptives
oral surgery
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Relating to particular parts of the body
- aural
- bronchial
- cardio
- cerebral
- cervical
- deltoid
- deltoids
- gastric
- genito-urinary
- lumbar
- mammary
- motor
- ocular
- optic
- orally
- ovarian
- pubis
- renal
- spinal
- venous
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oralnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɔː.rəl/us/ˈɔːr.əl/an exam, often a type of language exam, in which you give spoken and not written answers:
When do you have your Spanish oral (= exam in spoken Spanish)?
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Exams, tests & exercises
- achievement test
- AP
- cloze test
- comprehension
- entrance exam
- exercise
- fail
- flunk
- IB
- IELTS
- invigilate
- mock
- prelim
- resat
- resit
- road test
- script
- sit
- TOEFL
- trial
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