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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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Idioms & Phrases

hear, hear

An expression used to express approval, as in Whenever the senator spoke, he was greeted with cries of "Hear! hear!" This expression was originally Hear him! hear him! and used to call attention to a speaker's words. It gradually came to be used simply as a cheer. [Late 1600s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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