Hearsay
['hɪəseɪ] or ['hɪrse]
Definition
(adj.) heard through another rather than directly; 'hearsay information' .
Typist: Suzy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.
Editor: Stacy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Rumor, report, fame, bruit, common talk, town talk.
Inputed by Evelyn
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Report, rumor, gossip
ANT:{Personal_knowledge}
Edited by Jeffrey
Unserious Contents or Definition
Heard on the dead.
Checker: Seymour
Examples
- No circumstance of importance, from the beginning to the end of the disclosure, shall be related on hearsay evidence. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- His knowledge of Jesus and his teaching must have been derived from the hearsay of the original disciples. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She could only speak on these topics from hearsay, but she was reasonably certain of the truth of what little she had to tell. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It is not my business to relate it imperfectly, on hearsay evidence. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It is only hearsay. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I always thought him the image of the Templar in 'Ivanhoe;' but, of course, I speak from hearsay, as I was a babe when he left England. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Inputed by Cole