transcription, транскрипция: [ (h)wɪspə(r) ]
( whispers, whispering, whispered)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
When you whisper , you say something very quietly, using your breath rather than your throat, so that only one person can hear you.
‘Keep your voice down,’ I whispered...
She sat on Rossi’s knee as he whispered in her ear...
He whispered the message to David...
Somebody whispered that films like that were illegal...
She whispered his name.
VERB : V with quote , V prep , V n prep , V that , V n
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Whisper is also a noun.
Men were talking in whispers in every office.
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2.
If people whisper about a piece of information, they talk about it, although it might not be true or accurate, or might be a secret.
Today, we no longer gasp when we hear a teenage girl is pregnant or whisper about unmarried couples who live together...
It is whispered that he intended to resign...
But don’t whisper a word of that.
VERB : V about wh / n , it be V-ed that , V n
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Whisper is also a noun.
I’ve heard a whisper that the Bishop intends to leave.
= rumour
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