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earreach

earreach

9.9
The distance at which you can hear someone's voice
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : alcance auditivo
  • Stay within earreach while we're hiking in the woods.

Examples

  • The child's voice has a strong earreach.

  • The guide spoke loudly so everyone within earreach could hear the instructions.

  • Her warning was only meant for those in immediate earreach.

  • Can you measure the earreach of that speaker?

  • Her voice was barely within earreach, making it hard for anyone to hear her.

  • The concert was so loud that the music was within earreach of the entire neighborhood.

  • In the quiet library, even a whisper was within earreach of the nearest student.

Synonyms

earshot
vsearreach
18 3.9

The area where you can hear a sound

means the same but is a different written or spoken form

Antonyms

silence
660 2.0

A period with no sound or speech

How Far

deafening
9 3.5
loud
733 1.0
earreach
  • Archaic
9.9
audible
43 3.5
faint
148 2.7
inaudible
274 5.6

Surface Forms

earreach singular
earreaches plural

Morphology

earreach = ear + reach (transparent) = ear + reach

The meaning is directly the combination of 'ear' (hearing) + 'reach' (range), making the sense clear to learners.

Etymology

Earreach is a simple combination of ear and reach, like 'how far your ear can reach' so you can imagine how far a voice travels. So, earreach means the distance within which you can hear a sound or a person's voice.