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[ US /ˈɔɹəɫ/ ]
[ UK /ˈɔːɹə‍l/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. of or relating to or affecting or for use in the mouth
    an oral thermometer
    an oral vaccine
    oral hygiene
  2. of or involving the mouth or mouth region or the surface on which the mouth is located
    a buccal gland
    the oral surface of a starfish
    the oral mucous membrane
    the oral cavity
  3. using speech rather than writing
    an oral agreement
    an oral tradition
  4. a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated in the mouth; fixation at this stage is said to result in dependence, selfishness, and aggression
NOUN
  1. an examination conducted by spoken communication

How To Use oral In A Sentence

  • In Bermuda, Sam's father took him on an excursion to a coral barrier.
  • Anybody who has ever been on a North Queensland pastoral lease knows that you can go 20, 30, 40 miles day after day and all you will see is a few brumbies and some wild pigs; you will not see any cattle anywhere.
  • It's not because I'm worried about what they might think, or anything ridiculous like that, it's because in a lot of cases this material was intended for me alone - either through an oral tradition or as a gnostic revelation from the spirits.
  • A few years ago it was suggested that auroral phenomena could exist on Mars too.
  • The formation of coral terraces is interpreted as the product of approximately uniform long-term uplift superimposed on eustatic changes in sea level.
  • The Navajo made a tea of spotted coralroot used as a lotion for ringworm or skin disease.
  • Other areas praised by the Ofsted team include her leadership as head, and the pastoral care of pupils.
  • It avoids a phony moral high ground or fake appeals to the sanctity of multilateralism. Globe and Mail
  • Horatia was still in mourning for her mother, and wore a black skirt, but Lucilla's was of rich deep gentianella-coloured silk, and the buttons of her white vest were of beautiful coral. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster
  • And the moral murder of my child is to be my punishment for daring to turn a deaf ear to the indign passion of a brute! The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel
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