spoken

Definition

  • adjective: using speech and not writing
  • adjective: delivered by word of mouth
  • past participle of 'speak'
  • used in combination
  • synonyms: oral, ora, uttered

Examples

  • They haven't 'spoken' since the argument two years ago.

  • English is widely 'spoken' in many parts of the world.

  • I can't go out with you; I''m' already 'spoken for'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Princess, I have the honor to claim my dance. He'll dance the mazurka with Kitty. You'll see. I am! I really am! Dance with me. I'm not used to being spoken to like that by a man I met once at a railway station. I dare say, but if I'm not to dance with you, then I'm getting out of this operetta (..)
    2012 Anna Karenina