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nonspoken

nonspoken adjective: not spoken.

Adjective

nonspoken (not comparable)

  1. Not spoken.
    • Flevares and Perry (2001) found that math teachers used from five to seven nonspoken representations of mathematical ideas per minute (almost one every 10 seconds) in their classrooms, and gesture was by far the most frequent[…]2005, Susan Goldin-Meadow, Hearing gesture: how our hands help us think, page 109

Origin of nonspoken

From non- + spoken.

Questions about nonspoken

What does nonspoken mean?
Nonspoken means not spoken.
What part of speech is nonspoken?
Nonspoken is an adjective.

Words near nonspoken in the dictionary

  1. nonsplinterable
  2. nonsplintering
  3. nonsplinting
  4. nonspoilable
  5. nonspoilage
  6. nonspoken
  7. nonspongy
  8. nonsponsor
  9. nonsponsored
  10. nonsponsoring
  11. nonsponsors

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