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spoken Definition

spo·ken (spōkən)

intransitive verb, transitive verb

speak

adjective

  1. uttered; oral
  2. characterized by or uttered in a (specified) kind of voice soft-spoken

spoken Idioms

spoken for

claimed, reserved, set aside, etc.; specif., married, engaged, etc.

spoken Synonyms

spoken

modif.

uttered, expressed, told, announced, mentioned, communicated, oral, verbal, phonetic, voiced, lingual, unwritten.

spoken Usage Examples

Used with adjective complement

  • have: If we separate those which were spoken to the Disciples and those spoken to others, we have Spoken to the Disciples Matthew.
spoken Quotes

Glorious things are spoken of thee,O city of God.

—Bible (Old Testament)

Self-respect†comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments in quiet places when we suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the

—Griswold, Alfred Whitney

There are people not spoken about, people not written about, people whose name is a way of saying they are not there. Hibakusha, atomic victimsöthe scarred who carry our scars.

—Gee, Maggie

They have spoken lightly of my deathless friends, (Lamps for my gloom, handsguiding where I stumble,) Quoting, for shallow conversational ends, What Shelley shrilled, what Blake once wildly muttered† How can they use such names and be not humble?

—Sassoon, Siegfried Louvain

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