verb (used with object),heard[hurd], /hɜrd/, hear·ing.
to perceive by the ear: Didn't you hear the doorbell?
to learn by the ear or by being told; be informed of: to hear news.
to listen to; give or pay attention to: They refused to hear our side of the argument.
to be among the audience at or of (something): to hear a recital.
to give a formal, official, or judicial hearing to (something); consider officially, as a judge, sovereign, teacher, or assembly: to hear a case.
to take or listen to the evidence or testimony of (someone): to hear the defendant.
to listen to with favor, assent, or compliance.
(of a computer) to perceive by speech recognition.
verb (used without object),heard[hurd], /hɜrd/, hear·ing.
to be capable of perceiving sound by the ear; have the faculty of perceiving sound vibrations.
to receive information by the ear or otherwise: to hear from a friend.
to listen with favor, assent, or compliance (often followed by of): I will not hear of your going.
(of a computer) to be capable of perceiving by speech recognition.
(used as an interjection in the phrase Hear! Hear! to express approval, as of a speech).
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Origin of hear
First recorded before 950; Middle English heren, Old English hēran, hīeran; cognate with Dutch horen, German hören, Old Norse heyra, Gothic hausjan; perhaps akin to Greek akoúein (see acoustic)
SYNONYMS FOR hear
1, 2 attend.
4 attend.
7 regard, heed.
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ANTONYMS FOR hear
7 disregard.
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synonym study for hear
1, 2. Hear,listen apply to the perception of sound. To hear is to have such perception by means of the auditory sense: to hear distant bells. To listen is to give attention in order to hear and understand the meaning of a sound or sounds: to listen to what is being said; to listen for a well-known footstep.
OTHER WORDS FROM hear
hear·a·ble,adjectivehearer,nounhalf-heard,adjectiveouthear,verb (used with object),out·heard,out·hear·ing.
Healy, Heaney, HEAO, heap, heaping, hear, hear a peep out of, hear a pin drop, can, Heard and McDonald Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, hear from
It feels like all season, you’ve heard over and over that the Clippers had a championship-caliber roster, and the franchise itself was not shy about confirming that.
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There have been, like, two or three from what I’ve heard, but I haven’t seen it.
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Secular people have values too, she said, and hearing politicians and parties speak to those values can motivate them to get more politically involved.
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That’s because you’ll be hearing from us on Thursdays, starting today.
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A Pew Research Center survey released this week found that 47 percent of Americans had heard of the theory, up from just 23 percent in March.
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One wants speech to be free, but one doesn't actually want to hear it.
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Or has the see and hear and speak-no-evil stance of the Republican House persuaded him that he is in the clear?
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Do as Tumblr has done and scrub her last words off the Internet—erase everything she wanted the world to hear.
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Betrayal…you can hear it…betraying the thing he loves for a cheap bit of film publicity.
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Every time a conservative pol gets caught in a racial mess, we hear the same weary and laughable tune.
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If you have ever seen a stranger group than we were, I should be glad to hear of it.
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"That's all very well, but yait till you hear how he sarved me out," said a poor, simple-looking creature.
Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent|William Carleton
But the watcher made no movement, nor could I hear a sound, save that of the rising wind playing its dirge through the woods.
In Hostile Red|Joseph Altsheler
Mr Riddell knows very little about sports, though I do hear he was seen coxing a schoolhouse boat this morning.
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It relieved him to see the two ladies seated opposite each other in the bow window, and to hear something like a laugh in the air.
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British Dictionary definitions for hear
hear
/ (hɪə) /
verbhears, hearingorheard (hɜːd)
(tr)to perceive (a sound) with the sense of hearing
(tr; may take a clause as object)to listen todid you hear what I said?
(when intr, sometimes foll by of or about; when tr, may take a clause as object) to be informed (of); receive information (about)to hear of his success; have you heard?
lawto give a hearing to (a case)
(when intr, usually foll by of and used with a negative) to listen (to) with favour, assent, etcshe wouldn't hear of it
(intr foll by from) to receive a letter, news, etc (from)
hear! hear!an exclamation used to show approval of something said
hear telldialectto be told (about); learn (of)
Derived forms of hear
hearable, adjectivehearer, noun
Word Origin for hear
Old English hieran; related to Old Norse heyra, Gothic hausjan, Old High German hōren, Greek akouein