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rumours

rumours is the plural of rumour.

rumours is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rumour.

Meaning of rumour

Noun

rumour (countable and uncountable, plural rumours)

  1. UK, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland spelling of rumor.
    • Rumour had it (though not proved) that she descended from the house of the lords Talbot de Malahide1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 16]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) A prolonged, indistinct noise.
    • Prithee, listen well; / I heard a bustling rumour like a fray, / And the wind brings it from the Capitol.1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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Questions about rumours

What is rumours the plural of?
Rumours is the plural of rumour.

Words near rumours in the dictionary

  1. rumourmonger
  2. rumourmongered
  3. rumourmongering
  4. rumourmongers
  5. rumourous
  6. rumours
  7. rumourtism
  8. rumourtrage
  9. rump
  10. rump and stump
  11. rump cap

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