adj
spoken
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adj
1
Said out loud rather than written.
"The spoken word carries an emotion that text often misses."
"Give a spoken account of what happened, not a written one."
2
Communicating or expressing oneself in a particular manner (used in compounds like "soft-spoken").
"He's a soft-spoken man who rarely raises his voice."
How to Use Spoken
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishRelating to speech, or describing how someone talks.
Common pairings
spoken word
spoken language
soft-spoken
the spoken and the written
Word Forms
more spoken comparative, most spoken superlative
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Etymology
The past participle of "speak," formed with the old "-en" ending also seen in "broken" and "woken."