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# earpiece

noun (an earpiece, earpieces)

«earpiece» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The part of a phone, headphones or other device that you hold to or put in your ear to hear sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earpiece/#m1)
2. A tiny speaker worn in the ear, used by security guards, TV presenters or with hearing aids. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earpiece/#m2)
3. One of the arms of a pair of glasses that rest over the ears. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earpiece/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, people use earpieces for phone calls or music; security guards and TV presenters wear earpieces to hear instructions. In science, the earpiece of a stethoscope goes in the doctor's ears. Phrases: «a wireless earpiece», «speak into the earpiece».

### Examples

- The security guard listened to his earpiece. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earpiece/#x1)
- The newsreader heard the producer through her earpiece. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earpiece/#x2)
- My earpiece fell out when I was running. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earpiece/#x3)
- The doctor put the stethoscope earpieces in her ears. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earpiece/#x4)
- One earpiece of my glasses is bent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earpiece/#x5)
- Dad uses an earpiece to talk on the phone while driving. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earpiece/#x6)

### Note

Countable compound noun: ear + piece. Uses «an» before it: an earpiece. Safety: keep the volume low to protect hearing, and do not wear both ears covered when crossing roads.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «earpiece» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/earpiece/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«earpiece» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/earpiece.html) on Mova free.