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Meanings of spoken word in English

Portuguese
spoken word
Catalan
vocable

A word that is spoken aloud.

        spoken word
        Russian
        живое слово
        Portuguese
        spoken word
        Spanish
        spoken word
        Catalan
        paraula parlada

        Genre; oral poetic performance art based mainly on the poetic as well as the performer's aesthetic qualities.

                Related terms
                живое слово
                Synonyms
                Examples for "vocable"
                Examples for "vocable"
                1
                We find ourselves before a Greek vocable reproduced in Tifinar.
                Atlantida
                2
                Often I had wished to test in speech the widely alleged merits of this vocable.
                Somewhere in Red Gap
                3
                Then the wrath of the old Inspector became vocable.
                The Red Acorn
                4
                A very little would have induced him to fill that empty vocable with a name.
                Diana of the Crossways — Volume 4
                5
                Her words are as hauntingly enigmatic as the vocable language she usually employs in her shamanistic quest.
                Wired
                Usage of spoken word in English
                1
                But one need not search far to find some awesome spoken word.
                Feminist dot com
                2
                He returns for a residency with local spoken word collective Young Identity.
                The Guardian
                3
                The simple directness of the spoken word has been allowed to stand.
                Quiet Talks on Following the Christ
                4
                It's in the form of spoken word, which can easily be over-earnest.
                The Irish Times
                5
                Idris Elba almost made it as one of the spoken word artists.
                Ebony
                6
                She nodded her head as if in answer to some spoken word.
                Up the Hill and Over
                7
                Carter made the confession in a spoken word outro on the track.
                Ebony
                8
                The song features spoken word from Auckland rapper Tourettes aka Dominic Hoey.
                Radio NZ
                9
                With scarcely a spoken word their relationship leaped the space of years.
                The One Woman: A Story of Modern Utopia
                10
                Knowledge of all kinds was disseminated almost wholly through the spoken word.
                Pushing to the Front
                11
                Billie knew and Lee suspected what lay back of the spoken word.
                A Man Four-Square
                12
                What was there in a letter more than in a spoken word?
                The American Senator
                13
                And somehow, without a spoken word, the thing became clear to Zaidos.
                Shelled by an Unseen Foe
                14
                If ever that time came, Greif would not believe a spoken word.
                Greifenstein
                15
                There was articulate sound, no spoken word, but only a hollow groan.
                The Amulet
                16
                It isn't often that you see spoken word on national television.
                Ebony
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                Translations for spoken word
                Portuguese
                spoken word
                Spoken word through the time
                Spoken word across language varieties
                New Zealand
                Common
                Ireland
                Common
                United Kingdom
                Less common
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