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/ ˈhɪərˌseɪ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun unverified, unofficial information gained or acquired from another and not part of one's direct knowledge: I pay no attention to hearsay.
an item of idle or unverified information or gossip; rumor: a malicious hearsay.
adjective of, relating to, or characterized by hearsay: hearsay knowledge; a hearsay report.
Origin of hearsay 1525–35; originally in phrase by hear say, translation of Middle French par ouïr dire
SYNONYMS FOR hearsay 1 talk, scuttlebutt, babble, tittle-tattle.
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Words nearby hearsay hearken, Hearn, hear of, hear oneself think, can't, hear out, hearsay , hearsay evidence, hearsay rule, hearse, Hearst, Hearst, William Randolph
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Example sentences from the Web for hearsay Weidenthaler, through his attorney, has asked the judge to rule that the text conversation is hearsay and should be excluded as evidence.
Longtime Sheriff’s Employee Contradicts Official Account of Jail Death | Kelly Davis| September 3, 2020| Voice of San Diego
Herodotus’ description was based on hearsay , travelers’ tales and a heavy dose of folklore, she says.
What would it take to make a unicorn? | Carolyn Wilke| March 4, 2020| Science News For Students
He does, however, attempt to dispel some of the myths that have emerged from hearsay and rumor over the last century.
How WWI Produced the Holocaust | J.P. O’Malley| November 21, 2014| DAILY BEAST
“Every single witness is inadmissible, hearsay , triple-hearsay ,” said assistant state attorney Penny Brill in court yesterday.
Did Pablo Escobar Frame a Millionaire for Murdering Banana-Shipping Money Launderers? | Jacqui Goddard| November 11, 2014| DAILY BEAST
As for the other two boys, “all we have is hearsay ,” dbcoopa tells The Daily Beast.
Anonymous to the Rescue in Canada Rape Case | Winston Ross| April 12, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Persevering on hearsay , spun and shifted from every possible angle, the narrator next describes Golovan—a brawny man, with a limp.
The Forgotten Russian: The Genius of Nikolai Leskov | Benjamin Lytal| April 10, 2013| DAILY BEAST
“As far as I know, it's hearsay ,” that person said of the report.
What’s Next for John Galliano? | Misty White Sidell| February 11, 2013| DAILY BEAST
For the most part the manners and customs of this type of man are only known to us by hearsay which we may refuse to credit.
Impressions And Comments | Havelock Ellis
This shows that Buddhism must then have been known to the Chinese, at any rate by hearsay .
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 | Various
It was an eminently irregular trial, looking at it from a legal point of view, for the verbal evidence all was hearsay .
Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 | Various
No vehicle entered it from outside and the war was only hearsay .
"Over There" with the Australians | R. Hugh Knyvett
In this asylum hell I learn, by hearsay , there were five hundred patients, besides the bull-dog.
Ten Years and Ten Months in Lunatic Asylums in Different States | Moses Swan
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British Dictionary definitions for hearsay Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to hearsay gossip, comment, noise, grapevine, leak, cry, rumble, scuttlebutt, rumor, report, scandal, talk, clothesline, word of mouth
Cultural definitions for hearsay Information heard by one person about another. Hearsay is generally inadmissible as evidence in a court of law because it is based on the reports of others rather than on the personal knowledge of a witness.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.