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Definition of oral noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

oral

noun
 
/ˈɔːrəl/
 
/ˈɔːrəl/
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  1. (especially British English) a spoken exam, especially in a foreign language
    • a French oral
    • He failed the oral.
    Topics Languagec1, Educationc1
  2. (North American English) a spoken exam in a university
    3. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from late Latin oralis, from Latin os, or- ‘mouth’.
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