spoken Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb express in speech
    verbalise; verbalize; mouth; utter; talk; speak.
    • She talks a lot of nonsense
    • This depressed patient does not verbalize
  2. verb exchange thoughts; talk with
    talk; speak.
    • We often talk business
    • Actions talk louder than words
  3. verb use language
    talk; speak.
    • the baby talks already
    • the prisoner won't speak
    • they speak a strange dialect
  4. verb give a speech to
    speak; address.
    • The chairman addressed the board of trustees
  5. verb make a characteristic or natural sound
    speak.
    • The drums spoke
  6. adjective uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by speech; sometimes used in combination
    • a spoken message
    • the spoken language
    • a soft-spoken person
    • sharp-spoken

WordNet

Spo"ken adjective
Etymology
p.p. of Speak.
Definitions
  1. Uttered in speech; delivered by word of mouth; oral; as, a spoken narrative; the spoken word.
  2. Characterized by a certain manner or style in speaking; -- often in composition; as, a pleasant-spoken man.
    Methinks you 're better spoken. Shak.

Webster 1913