Čo znamená rumour v angličtine a aká je definícia rumour?

V tomto najautoritatívnejšom anglickom slovníku sa môžete naučiť rumour výslovnosť, gramatika a synonymá.

rumour Význam & definícia

0 an unofficial interesting story or piece of news that might be true or invented, and quickly spreads from person to person:
- Rumours are going round (the school) about Mr Mason and his assistant.
- [ + that ] She's circulating/spreading rumours that the manager is going to resign.
- I heard a rumour that she'd been seeing Luke Harrison.
- Rumour has it (that) you're going to be the next managing director. Is it true?
1 an interesting story or piece of news that may or may not be true, that spreads quickly from person to person:
- a rumour that I heard a rumour that she's leaving.
- A rumour has surfaced that the company is about to go out of business.
2 used to say what many people are saying:
- Rumour has it that you're going to be the next managing director.

I heard a rumour that she's leaving, but apparently there's nothing in it.
A rumour has surfaced that the company is about to go out of business.
The president has consistently denied the rumours.
He denied all responsibility for the rumours that have been circulating.
The company moved quickly to quash rumours that it is losing money.
I plan to address the political uses of gossip and rumour in the eighteenth century at greater length elsewhere.
We have seen how rumours about the general strike persisted right from the middle of 1920 to 1921.
Rather, the rumours of bloodsuckers indicate a flexible ' truth ' that is negotiated through talking, since hearsay is a kind of truth when people believe it.