Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
rumour — ru‧mour [ˈruːmə ǁ ər] , rumor noun [countable, uncountable] information that is passed from one person to another and which may or may not be true: • A spokesman denied rumours that the company was considering abandoning the U.S. market. * * *… … Financial and business terms
rumour — (US rumor) ► NOUN ▪ a currently circulating story or report of unverified or doubtful truth. ► VERB (be rumoured) ▪ be circulated as a rumour. ORIGIN Latin rumor noise … English terms dictionary
rumour — is spelt our in BrE and rumor in AmE … Modern English usage
rumour — n. 1) to circulate, spread a rumour 2) to confirm a rumour 3) to deny; dispel, spike a rumour 4) an idle, unfounded, wild rumour 5) an unconfirmed; vague rumour 6) rumours circulate, fly, spread 7) a rumour that + clause (we heard a rumour that… … Combinatory dictionary
rumour — (BrE) (AmE rumor) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ malicious, nasty, scurrilous, ugly, vicious ▪ baseless, false, unconfirmed, u … Collocations dictionary
rumour — ru|mour BrE rumor AmE [ˈru:mə US ər] n [U and C] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: rumour, from Latin rumor] 1.) information or a story that is passed from one person to another and which may or may not be true rumour about/of ▪ I ve heard… … Dictionary of contemporary English
rumour */*/ — UK [ˈruːmə(r)] / US [ˈrumər] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms rumour : singular rumour plural rumours unofficial information that may or may not be true rumour about: He d heard rumours about some big financial deal. rumour of: Now there… … English dictionary
rumour — [[t]ru͟ːmə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ rumours N VAR: oft N that, N of/about n A rumour is a story or piece of information that may or may not be true, but that people are talking about. Simon denied rumours that he was planning to visit Bulgaria later this… … English dictionary
rumour — [ˈruːmə] noun [C/U] something that people are saying that may or may not be true A student had been spreading rumours about the teachers.[/ex] Rumour has it that (= there is a rumour that) he s seriously ill.[/ex] Now there are rumours of wedding … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
rumour — n. & v. (US rumor) n. 1 general talk or hearsay of doubtful accuracy. 2 (often foll. by of, or that + clause) a current but unverified statement or assertion (heard a rumour that you are leaving). v.tr. (usu. in passive) report by way of rumour… … Useful english dictionary
