1 [usuallybeforenoun] spoken rather than written:
a test of both oral and written French * oral evidence * stories passed on by oral tradition
compareVERBAL
2 [onlybeforenoun] connected with the mouth:
oral hygiene * oral sex (= using the mouth to STIMULATE sb's sex organs) * an oral contraceptive (= that is swallowed like medicine)
orally adverb:
Answers can be written or presented orally on tape. * not to be taken orally (= a warning on some medicines to show that they must not be swallowed)
Part of speech: noun
1 (especially BrE) a spoken exam, especially in a foreign language:
a French oral * He failed the oral.
2 (AmE) a spoken exam in a university
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for oral is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is oral a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, oral is tagged as adjective.
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