SPOKEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spoken mean? 

• SPOKEN (adjective)
  The adjective SPOKEN has 1 sense:

1. uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination

  Familiarity information: SPOKEN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPOKEN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination

Context example:

sharp-spoken

Similar:

expressed; uttered; verbalised; verbalized (communicated in words)

oral; unwritten (using speech rather than writing)

verbal (expressed in spoken words)

viva-voce; word-of-mouth (expressed orally)

Also:

articulate (expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language)

Antonym:

written (set down in writing in any of various ways)

 Context examples 

She wished she had not spoken so warmly in their last conversation.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Wouldst thou have said 'Yes', then, if I had spoken?

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Her satisfaction, too, in not being at the Lower Rooms was spoken more than once.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

His voice sounded hoarse and unreal, and he had spoken with apparent effort.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

They must take the consequence, if they have heard each other spoken of in a way not perfectly agreeable!

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

On this particular evening, Lestrade had spoken of the weather and the newspapers.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As they had spoken in a subdued tone, while speaking of Em'ly, I had no doubt that she was near.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He regretted that he had spoken.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A request (spoken or written) to participate, be present, or take part in something

(Invitation, NCI Thesaurus)

These are samples of the questions and answers which made up our strange half-spoken, half-written conversation.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)