oral
noun/ˈɔːrəl/
/ˈɔːrəl/
- (especially British English) a spoken exam, especially in a foreign language
- a French oral
- He failed the oral.
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- (North American English) a spoken exam in a university
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from late Latin oralis, from Latin os, or- ‘mouth’.
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