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o⋅ver⋅hear
[oh-ver-heer] 
vərˈhɪər
–verb (used with object), -heard, -hear⋅ing.
| to hear (speech or a speaker) without the speaker's intention or knowledge: I accidentally overheard what they were saying. |
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| o·ver·hear (ō'vər-hîr') v. o·ver·heard (-hûrd'), o·ver·hear·ing, o·ver·hears v. tr. To hear (speech or someone speaking) without the speaker's awareness or intent. v. intr. To hear something without the speaker's awareness or intent. o'ver·hear'er n. |
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Overhear
O`ver*hear"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overheard; p. pr. & vb. n. Overhearing.] [AS. oferhi['e]ran.]1. To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice. --Shak. 2. To hear again. --ShaK.
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Language Translation for : Overhear
Spanish:
oír por casualidad, acertar a oír,
German:
belauschen, zufällig hören,
Japanese:
ふと聞く
overhear
"to hear what one is not meant to hear," 1549, from over + hear (q.v.). The notion is perhaps "to hear beyond the intended range of the voice." O.E. oferhieran meant "to not listen, to disregard, disobey" (cf. overlook, and M.H.G. überhaeren, M.Du. overhoren in same sense).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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