oral examination

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   an examination conducted by spoken communication

   Synonymsoraloral examviva voceviva

   Broaderexamination

Questions about oral examination

What does oral examination mean?

oral examination means "an examination conducted by spoken communication".

What is another word for oral examination?

Close synonyms include oral, oral exam, viva voce, viva. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is oral examination a common word?

oral examination is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.