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viva1 definition

viva (vē′vä)

impersonal verb

long live (someone or something specified)!: used in exclamations of acclaim

Etymology: It & Sp

viva2 definition

viva (vī′və)

noun

Brit. a university examination with spoken questions and answers; oral examination

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

viva Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • attend: All students will be required to attend a viva during the second semester.

Adjective modifier

  • mock: Ask your teachers to conduct mock interviews and mock viva 's.

Modifies a noun

  • voce: A brief viva voce test may form part of the assessment.

Noun used with modifier

  • transfer: Events: 1st year transfer viva: 5th July 2006 Worried about your first year transfer viva?
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viva quotes

Viva la the New Brigade! Viva la the Old One, too! Viva la, the Rose shall fade, And the Shamrock shine for ever new!

-Davis,Thomas Osborne

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