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

  • (..) I guess sometimes the past just catches up with you... ...whether you want it to or not. It's silly. Was it the film? It was, wasrt it? I haven't spoken of these things for a long time, Ellie. Over years. Paul, I'm your friend. I ever tell you that I was a prison guard during the Depression? (..)
    1999 The Green Mile