hearer
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- noun
- /ˈhɪrər/
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- The speaker captivated every hearer in the audience with her storytelling.
- speaker and hearer
- normal hearers
- cooperative hearer
And then another, we could say criterion or measure is that the hearers are, as he says, filled with grace.
- And then another, we could say criterion or measure is that the hearers are, as he says, filled with grace.
- The language English, for example, and all the conceptions that go along with that, English is in me, English is in you, the hearer.
- This which is negative only when the hearers are taken as they should be, but in being so taken they supersede themselves.
Examples
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Charles R. Robinson examines the ways different hearers respond to musical sound.
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I would also argue that in understanding what speakers mean, hearers seldom think about speaker intentions.
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Stories are passed on from teller to hearer and from generation to generation.
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Will it matter to the hearer exactly which aspects of language use are copied?
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I'm talking about learning the language of the hearer so that you are not turned off by somebody who's really crying out for help.
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The mission of the Spirit draws the church and hearers of the gospel toward Christ.
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A speaker or writer must assume understanding in his hearers, for language that is not communication is mere noise.
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James, Chapter 1, teaches us to be doers of the word and not hearers only.
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But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.
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At least temporarily, hearers welcomed challenges to the prevailing concept of a knowable cosmos.
Academic text (2015)
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Etymology
Hearer comes from the old verb hear, which is related to the word ear, the body part for listening, and the ending -er means 'one who'. So a hearer is simply someone who 'listens' and pays attention to what is said.