how to pronounce hearsay

/ˈhiːɹˌsɛɪ/

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hearsay is pronounced in two syllables

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video examples of hearsay pronunciation

An example use of hearsay in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… um on conjecture and hearsay that's …”

meaning of hearsay

A hearsay is a statement made by someone who did not witness the event.

hearsay frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word hearsay occurs in english on average 0.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics hearsay can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that hearsay can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;