hearsay
noun /ˈhɪəseɪ/
/ˈhɪrseɪ/
[uncountable]- things that you have heard from another person but do not (definitely) know to be true
- We can't make a decision based on hearsay and guesswork.
- hearsay evidence
Extra Examples- She discovered a world of parties and pleasure she had hitherto only known by hearsay.
- They started to piece the story together from hearsay.
- Her evidence was dismissed as hearsay.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + hearsay- be based on
- rely on
- evidence
- by hearsay
- from hearsay