rumour

UK ( US rumor)

/ˈruːmər/ verb

Translation

be rumoured › If a fact is rumoured, people are talking about it although they do not know if it is true.

dedikodu çıkarmak; asılsız bir şeyi yaymak; söylenti çıkarmak; yayılmak; dilden dile/kulaktan kulağa ulaşmak

[+ (that)] It's rumoured that the company director is about to resign. [+ to do sth] The company is rumoured to be in financial difficulty.1212

(Definition of rumour verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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