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# hearer

noun (a hearer, hearers)

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

## Everyday

1. A person who hears or listens to something, especially a speech, a story or a sermon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hearer/#m1)
2. (language) In linguistics, the listener in a conversation, as opposed to the speaker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hearer/#m2)

### In the lessons

In language and grammar lessons, «speaker and hearer» describe both sides of talking: good writing and speech think about what the hearer already knows. In Bible and church language, Christians are told to be «doers of the word, and not hearers only». Phrases: the speaker and the hearer, hearers of the story.

### Examples

- The storyteller held all her hearers spellbound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hearer/#x1)
- A good speaker thinks about what the hearer needs to know. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hearer/#x2)
- The Bible says to be «doers of the word, and not hearers only». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hearer/#x3)
- Every hearer laughed at the joke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hearer/#x4)
- In a conversation, the hearer and speaker take turns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hearer/#x5)
- "No need of witnesses," said one of the hearers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hearer/#x6)

### Note

Plural: hearers. Slightly formal or old-fashioned; today people usually say «listener». Not «hearrer». Homophone-like trap: «here» and «hear» are different words; a hearer hears.

## On Mova

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