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hear

  [heer] verb, heard  [hurd] , hear⋅ing.
Use rehear 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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re·hear   (rē-hîr')   
tr.v.   re·heard (-hûrd'), re·hear·ing, re·hears

  1. To hear again.

  2. Law To give a new hearing to (a case) by the same court.

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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: hear
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: heard; hear·ing
1 a : to give a hearing to heard the claims> hear argument on the objection> b : to conduct a hearing about hear a matter properly before him>
2 a : to take testimony from hear 30 witnesses> b : to take (as testimony) at a hearing heard statements from the victim's family>

Main Entry: re·hear
Pronunciation: "rE-'hir
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -heard /-'h&rd/; -hear·ing
: to consider again or anew after decision or dismissal in the same or another forum : hold an additional hearing about rehearing the matter —M. A. Kelly>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: hear
Pronunciation: 'hi(&)r
Function: verb
Inflected Form: heard /'h&rd/; hear·ing /'hi(&)r-i[ng]/
transitive senses
: to perceive or apprehend by the ear hear intransitive senses
: to have the capacity of apprehending sound
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

hear (hēr)
v. heard (hûrd), hear·ing, hears
To perceive (sound) by the ear.

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