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adjective
Etymology: past participle of speak
Date: 1560
1. delivered by word of mouth ; oral
2. characterized by speaking in (such) a manner — used in combination <soft-spoken> <plainspoken>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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-spoken — UK [spəʊkən] US [spoʊkən] suffix used with some adverbs to form adjectives that describe the way someone speaks softly spoken well spoken Thesaurus: suffixeshyponym * * * spo|ken «SPOH kuhn», verb, adjective … Useful english dictionary
Spoken — Spo ken (sp[=o] k n), a. [p. p. of {Speak}.] 1. Uttered in speech; delivered by word of mouth; oral; as, a spoken narrative; the spoken word. [1913 Webster] 2. Characterized by a certain manner or style in speaking; often in composition; as, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Spoken — is the past tense verbal form of to speakSpoken may also refer to: *Spoken (band), a Christian rock group from Arkansas * Spoken (album) , an album by Spoken … Wikipedia
spoken — past participle of SPEAK(Cf. ↑speak). ► ADJECTIVE (in combination ) ▪ speaking in a specified way: a soft spoken man. ● be spoken for Cf. ↑be spoken for … English terms dictionary
-spoken — [ spoukən ] suffix used with some adverbs to form adjectives that describe the way someone speaks: soft spoken well spoken … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
spoken — [spō′kən] vi., vt. pp. of SPEAK adj. 1. uttered; oral 2. characterized by or uttered in a (specified) kind of voice [soft spoken] spoken for claimed, reserved, set aside, etc.; specif., married, engaged, etc … English World dictionary
Spoken — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Christlicher Rock, Alternative Rock Gründung 1996 Website … Deutsch Wikipedia
spoken — index nuncupative, oral, verbal Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
spoken — [adj] by word of mouth announced, articulate, communicated, expressed, lingual, mentioned, oral, phonetic, phonic, put into words, said, sonant, told, traditional, unwritten, uttered, verbal, viva voce, voiced; concept 267 Ant. heard, written … New thesaurus
spoken — spok|en1 [ˈspəukən US ˈspou ] the past participle of ↑speak spoken 2 spoken2 adj 1.) spoken English/language etc the form of language that you speak rather than write →↑written 2.) the spoken word spoken language rather than written language or… … Dictionary of contemporary English
spoken — spo|ken1 [ spoukən ] adjective * spoken language is things that people say, not things that they write: examples of spoken and written English spoken for 1. ) INFORMAL already owned by someone else or saved for someone else, and therefore not… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
