ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Overhearing

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Overhearing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of overhear.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of overhear.

More Meanings

  1. The act by which something is overheard.

Example Sentences

Where overhearings were intended, as in conversations that girls wanted boys to overhear, the speaker often directed her gaze at the boy who was supposed to overhear while turning her mouth toward the ear of the listener.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include take in, catch, overlarding, overreading, overruling, overloudness.

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