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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

alcance del oído

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /alˈkan.se del oˈi.ðo/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Earshot/ˈɪər.ʃɒt/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Nadie debe estar al alcance del oído cuando hablemos de esto."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The distance or range within which a sound can be heard.

    "Please speak a little louder so that everyone in the room is within earshot."
  2. 2

    The range or area within which someone is able to hear spoken words.

    "She made sure the children were out of earshot before discussing the surprise party."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English, combining 'ear' (from Old English 'ēare') and 'shot' (from Old English 'gescot', referring to the range or reach of a projectile). First recorded in the late 16th century, the term originally denoted the distance over which a sound could carry, later broadening to describe the perceptual boundary of hearing.

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