Earshot
noun
The distance over which someone can hear or be heard.
You should lower your voice, we are within earshot of others.
Often appears as...
- within earshot
- out of earshot
noun
The distance over which someone can hear or be heard.
You should lower your voice, we are within earshot of others.
Often appears as...
- within earshot
- out of earshot
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Pro Tip 1/3Proximity Matters
Earshot implies a certain closeness; you're near enough to hear or speak without shouting.
Let's move closer to hear them; we're not in earshot yet.
Pro Tip 2/3Privacy Caution
Use 'earshot' to indicate when conversations might not be private due to nearby listeners.
Discuss it later, we are still in earshot of our classmates.
Pro Tip 3/3Out of Range
Saying someone is 'out of earshot' suggests they cannot hear you, offering privacy or isolation.
Wait until he's out of earshot before you tell me the secret.
Pro Tip 1/3Proximity Matters
Earshot implies a certain closeness; you're near enough to hear or speak without shouting.
Let's move closer to hear them; we're not in earshot yet.
Pro Tip 2/3Privacy Caution
Use 'earshot' to indicate when conversations might not be private due to nearby listeners.
Discuss it later, we are still in earshot of our classmates.
Pro Tip 3/3Out of Range
Saying someone is 'out of earshot' suggests they cannot hear you, offering privacy or isolation.
Wait until he's out of earshot before you tell me the secret.
Pro Tip 1/3Proximity Matters
Earshot implies a certain closeness; you're near enough to hear or speak without shouting.
Let's move closer to hear them; we're not in earshot yet.
Pro Tip 2/3Privacy Caution
Use 'earshot' to indicate when conversations might not be private due to nearby listeners.
Discuss it later, we are still in earshot of our classmates.
Pro Tip 3/3Out of Range
Saying someone is 'out of earshot' suggests they cannot hear you, offering privacy or isolation.
Wait until he's out of earshot before you tell me the secret.
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Sarah Lewis: Embrace the...
why the archery coach told me at the end of that practice, out of earshot of his archers, that he and his colleagues never feel they can do enough for their team, never feel there are enough visualization techniques and posture drills to help them overcome
Video examples
Why do whales sing? -...
Songs evolve over time as units or phrases are added, changed, or dropped. And when males from different populations are feeding within earshot, phrases are often exchanged, maybe because new songs make them more attractive to breeding females.
Video examples
Sarah Lewis: Embrace the...
why the archery coach told me at the end of that practice, out of earshot of his archers, that he and his colleagues never feel they can do enough for their team, never feel there are enough visualization techniques and posture drills to help them overcome
Video examples
Why do whales sing? -...
Songs evolve over time as units or phrases are added, changed, or dropped. And when males from different populations are feeding within earshot, phrases are often exchanged, maybe because new songs make them more attractive to breeding females.
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Quote examples
Pico Iyer
Indian Writer
It's only by taking myself away from clutter and distraction that I can begin to hear something out of earshot and recall that listening is much more invigorating than giving voice to all the thoughts and prejudices that anyway keep me company twenty-four hours a day.
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Walter Cronkite
American Journalist
I never ceased to be surprised when southern whites, at their homes or clubs, told racial jokes and spoke so derogatorily of blacks while longtime servants, for whom they quite clearly had some affection, were well within earshot.
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Amanda Seales
American Comedian
I am all at once in awe and in confusion at some of the folks I encounter during fashion week, consistently causing me to mutter to myself or whoever's in earshot, 'Is that really necessary?
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Paul Theroux
American Novelist
Ever since childhood, when I lived within earshot of the Boston and Maine, I have seldom heard a train go by and not wished I was on it.
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Ice Cube
American Musician
My thing is, I know kids cuss, they do their thing, but I tell my kids, 'Don't do it in earshot of any adults, or you're in trouble.
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Tom Junod
American Journalist
I collect songs because I want to control what I - what everybody within earshot - listens to.
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Tim Cope
Australian Author
It's hard to find a place where you're out of earshot of some kind of noise.
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Mason Cooley
American Writer
The only peace is being out of earshot.
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Pico Iyer
Indian Writer
It's only by taking myself away from clutter and distraction that I can begin to hear something out of earshot and recall that listening is much more invigorating than giving voice to all the thoughts and prejudices that anyway keep me company twenty-four hours a day.
Quote examples
Walter Cronkite
American Journalist
I never ceased to be surprised when southern whites, at their homes or clubs, told racial jokes and spoke so derogatorily of blacks while longtime servants, for whom they quite clearly had some affection, were well within earshot.
Quote examples
Amanda Seales
American Comedian
I am all at once in awe and in confusion at some of the folks I encounter during fashion week, consistently causing me to mutter to myself or whoever's in earshot, 'Is that really necessary?
Quote examples
Paul Theroux
American Novelist
Ever since childhood, when I lived within earshot of the Boston and Maine, I have seldom heard a train go by and not wished I was on it.
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Ice Cube
American Musician
My thing is, I know kids cuss, they do their thing, but I tell my kids, 'Don't do it in earshot of any adults, or you're in trouble.
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Tom Junod
American Journalist
I collect songs because I want to control what I - what everybody within earshot - listens to.
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Tim Cope
Australian Author
It's hard to find a place where you're out of earshot of some kind of noise.
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Mason Cooley
American Writer
The only peace is being out of earshot.
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