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Oral Communication

Definition: Oral Communication

Oral Communication

Noun

1. Communication by word of mouth; "his speech was slurred"; "the telephone greatly increased the range of speech communication"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Oral Communication

Synonyms: language (n), speech (n), speech communication (n), spoken language (n), voice communication (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Oral Communication

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Conversation

Noun: conversation, interlocution; collocution, colloquy, converse, confabulation, talk, discourse, verbal intercourse; oral communication, commerce; dialogue, duologue, trialogue.

Speech

Noun: speech, faculty of speech; locution, talk, parlance, verbal intercourse, prolation, oral communication, word of mouth, parole, palaver, prattle; effusion.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Oral Communication

English words defined with "oral communication": Traditive. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Oral Communication

DomainTitle

Books

  • Basic Oral Communication (reference)

  • Communicating Effectively in English: Oral Communication for Non-Native Speakers (reference)

  • Learn Oral Communication Quickly (reference)

  • Talk It Over!: Oral Communication for the Real World (reference)

  • TV News Approach to Oral Communication (Photocopy ed.) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Oral Communication

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

People with this type have difficulty both expressing and understanding written and oral communication. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Oral Communication

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

oral communication

89

effective oral communication

30
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Oral Communication

Language Translations for "oral communication"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

information orale. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oralay ommunicationcay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Oral Communication

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-i-i-l-m-m-n-n-o-o-o-r-t-u"

-2 letters: communicational.

-4 letters: communication, communitarian.

-5 letters: calumniation, columniation, communicator.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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