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HEARSAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("hearsay" is a kind of...):
comment; gossip; scuttlebutt (a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Heard through another rather than directly
Example:
hearsay information
Classified under:
Similar:
indirect (extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action)
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