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    [Noun]  | "ora*cy" | \ ˈȯr-ə-sē \


    1: proficiency in oral expression and comprehension


    Origin: 1965 ;

     Oral + -acy (as in literacy);

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     [ "oracy" ]

    1: noun

      * e.g.,  ... We hear a lot about literacy, a little about numeracy, but nothing at all about oracy, in the context of education. 


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    2: the ability to express oneself fluently and grammatically in speech.


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    3: ORIGIN 1960s: from Latin os, or- ‘mouth,’ on the pattern of literacy.

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