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heresay

heresay is the misspelling of hearsay.

Meaning of hearsay

Noun

hearsay (usually uncountable, plural hearsays)

  1. (usually) Information that was heard by one person about another that cannot be adequately substantiated.
    • based on hearsay
  2. (usually) Evidence based on the reports of others, which is normally inadmissible because it was not made under oath, rather than on personal knowledge.
    • dismiss hearsay
  3. (usually) An out-of-court statement offered in court to prove the truth of the matter asserted (or the in-court testimony which recites such a statement), which is normally inadmissible (because it is not subject to cross-examination) unless it falls under one of a number of exceptions.

Questions about heresay

What is heresay the misspelling of?
Heresay is the misspelling of hearsay.

Words near heresay in the dictionary

  1. herepath
  2. Herero
  3. Hereroland
  4. Hereros
  5. heres
  6. heresay
  7. heresiac
  8. heresiacs
  9. heresiarch
  10. heresiarchical
  11. heresiarchies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heresay (page history and authors); hearsay (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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