He lives within earshot of my house.
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Earshot
//ˈɪəˌʃɒt//
Synonyms for "earshot" (32 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (16)
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Translations
15 translations across 12 languages.
Danish
1 entries- hørevidde noun (distance)
Dutch
1 entries- gehoorsafstand noun (distance)
Finnish
2 entries- kuuloetäisyys noun (distance)
- kuulomatka noun (distance)
French
1 entries- portée de voix noun (distance)
German
2 entries- Hörweite noun (distance)
- Rufweite noun (distance)
Hungarian
1 entries- hallótávolság noun (distance)
Icelandic
1 entries- kallfæri noun (distance)
Irish
1 entries- raon cluas noun (distance)
Italian
1 entries- a portata di orecchio noun (distance)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- èisteachd noun (distance)
Spanish
2 entries- a la voz noun (distance)
- alcance del oído noun (distance)
Welsh
1 entries- clyw noun (distance)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Please stay within earshot.
Source: tatoeba (676539)
Tom waited until Mary was out of earshot before he started talking.
Source: tatoeba (2835505)
Tom was just out of earshot and could only make out a few words of what was being said.
Source: tatoeba (3627364)
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