heedverb [ T ]
uk/hiːd/us/hiːd/formalto pay attention to something, especially advice or a warning:
The airline has been criticized for failing to heed advice/warnings about lack of safety routines.
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Paying attention and being careful
- attention
- attention span
- be good, and if you can't be good, be careful idiom
- be on (your) guard idiom
- cautious
- centre
- eye
- focus
- handle/treat sb with kid gloves idiom
- hang
- hang on/upon sth
- have a care idiom
- have/keep your ear to the ground idiom
- middle
- pay
- the/a glare of sth idiom
- tread carefully/gently/lightly idiom
- walk
- walk on eggs/eggshells idiom
- wary
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heednoun [ U ]
uk/hiːd/us/hiːd/formalattention:
The company took no heed of (= did not consider) public opposition to the plans.
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Judgments and analyses
- acquihire
- analysis
- appraisal
- assessment
- construction
- critique
- interpretation
- job evaluation
- judgment
- misjudge
- notice
- peer review
- press
- rating
- review
- self-assessment
- study
- time-and-motion study
- unrated
- value judgment
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