[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rumour/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [R](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/r/) / rumour # rumour noun (a rumour, rumours); verb (be rumoured) «rumour» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A rumour is a story or piece of news that people pass from one to another, which may not be true and has not been checked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rumour/#m1) 2. To be rumoured means people say it but nobody is sure: It is rumoured that school will close. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rumour/#m2) ### In the lessons In everyday life and lessons on friendship and online safety, rumours can hurt people's feelings and spread fast; a good rule is to check if it is true, kind and necessary before passing it on. In stories, rumours often cause trouble or misunderstandings. Phrases: spread a rumour, start a rumour, there is a rumour that, just a rumour. ### Examples - There is a rumour that we have a new teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rumour/#x1) - Do not spread rumours about other people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rumour/#x2) - It was only a rumour, it was not true. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rumour/#x3) - Who started that rumour? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rumour/#x4) - The rumour spread around the playground by lunchtime. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rumour/#x5) - Rumours can be very hurtful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rumour/#x6) - It is rumoured that the old house is haunted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rumour/#x7) - Check the facts before you believe a rumour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rumour/#x8) - Then, one day, a rumour reached the king that a large army was marching against him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rumour/#x9) ### Note British, Irish, Australian, NZ and Canadian spelling: rumour; American spelling: rumor. Countable. A rumour is not the same as a lie: it may be true or false, but nobody has checked it. Spreading untrue rumours can be a form of bullying. ## In Jewish tradition Ezekiel warns of rumour on rumour before disaster; Isaiah says Sennacherib will hear a rumour and go home, where he falls. **Interpretation.** The commentators see the rumour as God's way of guiding events behind the scenes, such as removing Sennacherib from Jerusalem. ### Examples - Calamity shall come upon calamity, and rumour shall be upon rumour; and they shall seek a vision of the prophet, and instruction shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders. (Prophets EZK.7.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rumour/#x1) - Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.' (Prophets 2KI.19.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rumour/#x2) - Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return unto his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.' (Prophets ISA.37.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rumour/#x3) ### Note British, Irish, Australian, NZ and Canadian spelling: rumour; American spelling: rumor. Countable. A rumour is not the same as a lie: it may be true or false, but nobody has checked it. Spreading untrue rumours can be a form of bullying. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «rumour» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rumour/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«rumour» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rumour.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «rumour» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rumour/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«rumour» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/rumour.html) on Mova free.