heed
/hiːd
/verb [with object]
Pay attention to; take notice of: he should have heeded the warnings...
- If the warning is not heeded sudden excruciating pain and eye-watering blindness may follow.
- The next morning they were released with a warning, and it's clear that at least for now, they are heeding that warning.
- And, by and large, as we have driven around today, people seem to be heeding that warning.
Synonyms
pay attention to, take notice of, take note of, pay heed to, be heedful of, attend to, listen to, notice, note, pay regard to, bear in mind, be mindful of, mind, mark, consider, take into account, take into consideration, be guided by, follow, obey, keep, keep to, adhere to, abide by, observe, take to heart, give ear to, be alert to;
be cautious of, watch out for
noun [mass noun]
Careful attention: if he heard, he paid no heed we must take heed of the suggestions...
- He urged the vicar to reconsider the plans and take heed of what protesters were saying.
- Drivers are being urged to take heed of the winter weather after a spate of road accidents in the West Mainland on Tuesday morning.
- Now eight months into the changeover, he is pleased with the progress and warned motorists to take heed of the warrants.
Synonyms
attention, notice, note, regard, heedfulness, attentiveness, consideration, thought, care
Origin
Old English hēdan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoeden and German hüten.
Rhymes
- ocular plate
- oculate
- oculated
- oculist
- oculist's stamp
- oculist-stamp
- oculo-
- oculo-agravic
- oculocephalic
- oculocutaneous
- oculofrontal
- oculogenital
- oculoglandular
- oculogravic
- oculogyral
- oculogyric
- oculogyric crisis
- oculomotor
- oculomotor nerve
- oculonasal
- oculopalpebral
- oculus
- oculus mundi
- Ocypoda
- Ocypode