hearsay
heard information which is not verified as true
TRANSLATION
hearsay = Gerüchte, Hörensagen --- GOOGLE INDEX hearsay: approximately 7,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
All truths begin as HEARSAY, as far as I'm concerned.
- Matt Drudge, online journalist
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Mr. Gupta was not a party to the two wiretapped calls that Mr. Rajaratnam made about Goldman, however, so this would constitute HEARSAY and usually not be admissible at his trial.
(New York Times)
- Matt Drudge, online journalist
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Mr. Gupta was not a party to the two wiretapped calls that Mr. Rajaratnam made about Goldman, however, so this would constitute HEARSAY and usually not be admissible at his trial.
(New York Times)
Did you
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hearsay
noun
- information you have heard, although you do not know whether it is true or not
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Hearsay I say!
After giving a particularly moving sermon, a Baptist preacher in the southern U.S. suddenly announced: "My dear brothers and sisters. I am appalled at the amount of hearsay among the members of this church." The congregation fell silent.
The preacher continued, "One of you here among us has been reporting that I am a member of the Klu Klux Klan. Nothing could be further from the truth. The KKK is the work of Satan! Whoever has been spreading these shameful rumours should confess now and ask the Lord for forgiveness."
Sister Margaret quickly stood up and pleaded, "I'm sorry preacher. I don't know how this all came to be. I only told my friends that you were a wizard under the sheets."
Note: In addition to the sense of "rumour and gossip," hearsay is also a legal term that refers to evidence presented in court which has been obtained second-hand. Judges often dismiss such evidence as "inadmissible," meaning that it can't be used in a court case because the information has not been verified.
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SYNONYMS
gossip, rumour, speculation, unsubstantiated information, word of mouth
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"The reports about low profits are nothing more than hearsay."
noun
- information you have heard, although you do not know whether it is true or not
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Hearsay I say!
After giving a particularly moving sermon, a Baptist preacher in the southern U.S. suddenly announced: "My dear brothers and sisters. I am appalled at the amount of hearsay among the members of this church." The congregation fell silent.
The preacher continued, "One of you here among us has been reporting that I am a member of the Klu Klux Klan. Nothing could be further from the truth. The KKK is the work of Satan! Whoever has been spreading these shameful rumours should confess now and ask the Lord for forgiveness."
Sister Margaret quickly stood up and pleaded, "I'm sorry preacher. I don't know how this all came to be. I only told my friends that you were a wizard under the sheets."
Note: In addition to the sense of "rumour and gossip," hearsay is also a legal term that refers to evidence presented in court which has been obtained second-hand. Judges often dismiss such evidence as "inadmissible," meaning that it can't be used in a court case because the information has not been verified.
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SYNONYMS
gossip, rumour, speculation, unsubstantiated information, word of mouth
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"The reports about low profits are nothing more than hearsay."
