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  • 1. hearsay
  • Rhymes with Hearsay
  • How do you spell hearsay? Is it heresay ?
  • Hearsay in a sentence
  • Quotes about Hearsay
  • 2. hearsay
Table of Contents
  • 1. hearsay
  • Rhymes with Hearsay
  • How do you spell hearsay? Is it heresay ?
  • Hearsay in a sentence
  • Quotes about Hearsay
  • 2. hearsay
Antonyms

1. hearsay

adjective. ['ˈhiːrˌseɪ'] heard through another rather than directly.

Antonyms

  • praise

Rhymes with Hearsay

  • divorcee

How do you spell hearsay? Is it heresay ?

A common misspelling of hearsay is heresay

Sentences with hearsay


1. Adjective
This is slightly different than gossip in that gossip is simply hearsay and generally uninformed discussion and rumor.

2. Noun, singular or mass
Avoid hearsay and conjecture, which can be created as a result of perception, not facts.

3. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Witnesses may also be able to support the existence of a contract, but hearsay issues may arise.

4. Verb, base form
Make sure that the observations were first-hand and not hearsay.

Quotes about hearsay


1. If you want to really know something you have to observe or experience it in person; if you claim to know something on the basis of hearsay, or on happening to see it in a book, you'll be a laughingstock to those who really know.
- Jonathan D. Spence, Emperor of China: Self-Portrait of K'ang-Hsi

2. hearsay

noun. ['ˈhiːrˌseɪ'] gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth.

Synonyms

  • comment
  • scuttlebutt
  • rumor
  • gossip

Antonyms

  • straight
  • lineal
  • unrelated
  • immediate
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