overheard
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vərˈhɪər verb (used with object), o·ver·heard, o·ver·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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| —vb , -hears, -hearing, -heard | |
| (tr) to hear (a person, remark, etc) without the knowledge of the speaker | |
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Overheard
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
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).
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Example sentences
If you've ever overheard people brag about their free rooms, cheap show tickets and free slot.
Of course, the potential targets should not be overheard speaking or otherwise be too obvious.
Anyone who could have overheard them would have laughed at them, but they were serious.
Talk story where writer quotes various people he's overheard in the course of forty-five minutes one morning.
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