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What does hearsay mean?

hearsay

— adjective heard through another rather than directly hearsay information — noun (= rumor) gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth

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rumor rumour gossip report rumors renown fame talk saying rumours repute words utterance speech speaking scuttlebutt scandal reputation remarks name message kudos word of mouth verbal message transpiration tittle-tattle tattle superficial knowledge standing spreading spread speculation second-hand knowledge reported evidential propagation promulgation pick-up knowledge news mention legends irresponsible criticism hearsay evidence grapevine glory diffusion declaration common talk comment character celebrity

Topics hearsay topics

What do people use hearsay to talk about?

Language and thought Communication Say Criticize

Gossip

What words refer to what is said in gossip?

gossip rumor tale report juicy detail hearsay scandal slander second hand story

Social behavior Law Trial

Witness, testify

What words refer to testifying in a court?

witness testify give evidence tell about recount provide information facts truth false witness perjure perjury report cross-examine hearsay

Examples hearsay examples

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Simple sentences

I know it by hearsay.

It's hearsay.

Movie subtitles

Hearsay is not evidence, madame.

If hearsay does not lie, you have a ward of surpassing beauty, milord.

I'm not in the habit of being influenced by hearsay, madam.

This is hearsay.

This testimony is incompetent, hearsay irrelevant, immaterial, inconclusive.

No officer ever takes a command in the battle with only hearsay knowledge of the terrain and enemy positions.

He's never heard anything but hearsay.

Hearsay evidence is not admissible.

She's a lady who was able to stay above hearsay, gossip, scandal and adversity.

Marshal, this court is not concerned with hearsay evidence.

Everything's hearsay.

But, you see, sir, that's only what you said, and, technically, that's hearsay.

I've had it with you, Johnson. When I think of all that malarkey you and Walter Burns printed about me, full of hearsay, innuendo, and character assassination.

Using innuendo. third-person hearsay. unsubstantiated charges, anonymous sources. and huge, scare headlines. the Post has maliciously sought to give the appearance. of a direct connection between the White House and the Watergate.

Nothin' but hearsay.

This treasure story is no doubt a legend, an appealing legend, but one based only on hearsay.

I'm not speaking from hearsay.

It's built up by hearsay, wild rumor.

It's from that dear Mrs. Hill. She's a lady who was able to stay above hearsay, gossip, scandal and adversity.

They said the whole American operation was just a cover and that everything I told them about it was just hearsay.

Hearsay?

Look, after all Hedley, the only evidence they have is hearsay.

What I did hear was generally hearsay, through strangers.

I learn about the winter troubles from hearsay.

Well, only by hearsay.

Don't believe in hearsay, witchcraft and superstitions.

Objection. hearsay!

Objection, Your Honor, hearsay.

It is grossly prejudicial, not to mention it's hearsay.

Anyway, that's no exception to hearsay.

Statement of intent, hearsay exception.

This is all speculation and hearsay.

That is all hearsay.

That's hearsay.

And is this not addressed to you? Because he can't introduce evidence that way. - Plus it's hearsay.

News and current affairs

A virtual torrent of near hysterical hearsay and trickledown stories about the disaster soon followed.

Instead of researching the focus area's agricultural base, social structures, and local cultures the plan's officers launched a program based on hearsay and feeble contacts.

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