hearsay
11Hearsay — Not to be confused with heresy. Hearsay is a legal term referring to the use of out of court statements as evidence.WorldwideUnited StatesUnless one of the many exceptions applies, hearsay is not allowed as evidence in the United States.England… …
12hearsay — /hear say /, n. 1. unverified, unofficial information gained or acquired from another and not part of one s direct knowledge: I pay no attention to hearsay. 2. an item of idle or unverified information or gossip; rumor: a malicious hearsay. adj.… …
13hearsay — [[t]hɪ͟ə(r)seɪ[/t]] N UNCOUNT Hearsay is information which you have been told and do not know to be true. Much of what was reported to them was hearsay... Rumour, myth and hearsay obscure the truth after months of bloodshed. Syn: rumour Ant: fact …
14hearsay — Synonyms and related words: absolute, adducible, admissible, attestative, attestive, authentic, based on, bruit, buzz, canard, certain, circumstantial, circumstantial evidence, collateral evidence, common talk, conclusive, convincing, corpus… …
15hearsay — hear|say [ˈhıəseı US ˈhır ] n [U] something that you have heard about from other people but do not know to be definitely true or correct ▪ I wouldn t take any notice of it it s just hearsay …
16hearsay — hear|say [ hır,seı ] noun uncount information that you have heard without having any proof that it is true: His evidence was all just hearsay …
17hearsay — n. rumor, gossip, unofficial information received by word of mouth adj. of or pertaining to hearsay …
18hearsay — noun 1》 information which cannot be adequately substantiated; rumour. 2》 Law the report of another person s words by a witness, which is usually disallowed as evidence in a court of law: [as modifier] hearsay evidence …
19hearsay — noun (U) something that you have heard about from other people but do not know to be definitely true or correct: I wouldn t take any notice of it, it s just hearsay …
20hearsay — noun that s all hearsay, and I don t care to listen to such tripe Syn: rumor, gossip, tittle tattle, idle talk; stories, tales; informal the grapevine, scuttlebutt, loose lips …
