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hear

  [heer] verb, heard  [hurd] , hear⋅ing.
Use Heard in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to perceive by the ear: Didn't you hear the doorbell?
2. to learn by the ear or by being told; be informed of: to hear news.
3. to listen to; give or pay attention to: They refused to hear our side of the argument.
4. to be among the audience at or of (something): to hear a recital.
5. to give a formal, official, or judicial hearing to (something); consider officially, as a judge, sovereign, teacher, or assembly: to hear a case.
6. to take or listen to the evidence or testimony of (someone): to hear the defendant.
7. to listen to with favor, assent, or compliance.
8. (of a computer) to perceive by speech recognition.
–verb (used without object)
9. to be capable of perceiving sound by the ear; have the faculty of perceiving sound vibrations.
10. to receive information by the ear or otherwise: to hear from a friend.
11. to listen with favor, assent, or compliance (often fol. by of): I will not hear of your going.
12. (of a computer) to be capable of perceiving by speech recognition.
13. (used interjectionally in the phrase Hear! Hear! to express approval, as of a speech).
Origin:
bef. 950; ME heren, OE hēran, hīeran; c. D horen, G hören, ON heyra, Goth hausjan; perh. akin to Gk akoúein (see acoustic )

Related forms:
hear⋅a⋅ble, adjective
hearer, noun

Synonyms:
1, 2. attend. 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. 4. attend. 7. regard, heed.

Antonyms:
7. disregard.
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hear   (hîr)   
v.   heard (hûrd), hear·ing, hears

v.   tr.
  1. To perceive (sound) by the ear: Can you hear the signal?
  2. To learn by hearing; be told by others: I heard she got married.
    1. To listen to attentively: Hear what I have to tell you.
    2. To listen to in an official, professional, or formal capacity: heard the last witness in the afternoon.
    3. To listen to and consider favorably: Lord, hear my prayer!
    4. To attend or participate in: hear Mass.
v.   intr.
  1. To be capable of perceiving sound.
  2. To receive news or information; learn: I heard about your accident.
  3. To consider, permit, or consent to something. Used only in the negative: I won't hear of your going!
Phrasal Verb(s):
hear from
  1. To get a letter, telephone call, or transmitted communication from.
  2. To be reprimanded by: If you don't do your homework, you're going to hear from me.

Idiom(s):
hear, hearUsed to express approval.

[Middle English hearen, Old English hīeran; see kous- in Indo-European roots.]
hear'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Heard

Heard\, imp. & p. p. of Hear.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : Heard
Spanish: oír,
German: hören,
Japanese: 聞く
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