hearer
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“I’m truly appreciative to the Bryant family, @kobemural , @lakers organization and all of my supporters. Truly blessed. Praise God because he is the hearer of prayers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025
Logical reasoning is the set of reasonable words that leads the hearer to understand something.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2024
The reviewer called Mike his "audient" - which means hearer - the singular term for an audience.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2022
So is “my best friend must have left their umbrella”: even if the hearer does not know if the friend is male or female, the speaker presumably does.
From Economist ● Jan. 18, 2018
The hearer can carry it tucked away without it taking up much room.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
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