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hearer

/ˈhɪəɹə/US/ˈhɪɹɚ/

hearer noun: one who hears.

Noun

hearer (plural hearers)

  1. One who hears.
    • Defaultism
      The defaultist view is that some conversational implicatures are default inferences—presumptive meanings—that the hearer makes unless given reason not to by the speaker.2019, Shalom Lappin, Chris Fox, The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory, page 185
  2. A person who regularly attends sermons; a devout listener.
    • Whilst Mr. Taale was priest in Osteröe, it happened that one of his hearers was carried away and returned again.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 258

hearer meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam

hearer in Tamil

கேட்குநர்

hearer in Urdu

سامع, شنوا

hearer in Telugu

a hearer, an auditor
శ్రోత śrōta

hearer in Malayalam

ശ്രോതാവ്
More languagesFewer languages
hearer in Kannada
ಕೇಳುಗ

Examples of hearer in a sentence

  • I leave my hearers to judge.
  • This is what happens when speakers with more discursive power uptalk to hearers with less discursive power.
  • An analyst must discuss what makes a narrative “good” – satisfying to its creators and hearers.

All 15 example sentences with hearer

Forms of hearer

pluralhearers

Origin of hearer

From Middle English heerar, herere, hyerere, equivalent to hear + -er.

Words formed from hearer

Words that rhyme with hearer

Questions about hearer

What does hearer mean?
Hearer means one who hears.
What is hearer in Tamil?
Hearer in Tamil is கேட்குநர். See Hearer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hearer?
Hearer is a noun.
How do you pronounce hearer?
Hearer is pronounced /ˈhɪəɹə/ (UK).
What is the plural of hearer?
The plural of hearer is hearers.

Words near hearer in the dictionary

  1. heardest
  2. heards
  3. heardst
  4. heare
  5. heared
  6. hearer
  7. hearers
  8. hearership
  9. heares
  10. hearest
  11. heareth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hearer (page history and authors); hearer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hearer (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); శ్రోత (Telugu) (page history and authors); hearer (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hearer (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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