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- pronunciation:
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- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
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noun |
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A rumor is a piece of information or a story passed from one person to another without any real proof that it is true.
There is a rumor going around that the famous actor is getting married again, but he says he has no plan to get married.Spreading rumors can really hurt people sometimes. |
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gossip |
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verb |
| inflections: |
rumors, rumoring, rumored |
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When a story about someone or something is rumored, it means that it is being spread around from one person to another.
It is rumored that the movie theater near us will close. I hope it's not true.- similar words:
- circulate, hint, imply, inform, leak, report, reveal, say, tattle, tell, whisper
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