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 Definitions of hearsay  [ˈhɪərˌseɪ]  

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Definition of 'hearsay' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) hearsay
unverified information acquired from another; rumor.

Etymology:  (1525–35; orig. in phrase by hear say, trans. of MF par ouïr dire)

Definition of 'hearsay' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) rumor, rumour, hearsay
gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

2. (adj) hearsay
heard through another rather than directly
"hearsay information"


Definition of 'hearsay' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) hearsay
report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another


Translation of 'hearsay' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: that which one has been told about by others but for which one has otherwise no evidence
I never trust anything that I learn by hearsay.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: hoorsê, gerugte Arabic flag Arabic: إشاعَه، تَقَوُّلات Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: слух
Brazilian flag Brazilian: boato Czech flag Czech: doslech German flag German: das Hörensagen
Danish flag Danish: rygte Greek flag Greek: φήμη Spanish flag Spanish: rumor
Estonian flag Estonian: kuulujutt Farsi flag Farsi: شايعه Finnish flag Finnish: kuulopuhe
French flag French: ouï-dire Hebrew flag Hebrew: שְׁמוּעָה Hindi flag Hindi: अफवाह
Croatian flag Croatian: glasine, naklapanja Hungarian flag Hungarian: hallomás Indonesian flag Indonesian: desas-desus
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sögusögn, kvittur Italian flag Italian: sentito dire Japanese flag Japanese: うわさ
Korean flag Korean: 소문, 풍문 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nuogirdos Latvian flag Latvian: baumas
Malay flag Malay: khabar angin Dutch flag Dutch: van horenzeggen Norwegian flag Norwegian: folkesnakk, rykte(r)
Polish flag Polish: pogłoska Persian flag Persian: شايعه Pashto flag Pashto: بول ، ډنډوره ، اوازه ، ان
Portuguese flag Portuguese: boato Romanian flag Romanian: vorbe; (din) auzite Russian flag Russian: слухи
Slovak flag Slovak: čo sa vraví, klebeta, chý Slovenian flag Slovenian: nepotrjena govorica Serbian flag Serbian: rekla-kazala
Swedish flag Swedish: hörsägen Thai flag Thai: คำบอกเล่า Turkish flag Turkish: söylenti, dedikodu
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 道聽塗說 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: чутка Urdu flag Urdu: افواہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tinđồn Chinese flag Chinese: 传闻,风闻

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