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hear
[ heer ]
verb (used with object)
- to perceive by the ear:
Didn't you hear the doorbell?
Synonyms:
- to learn by the ear or by being told; be informed of:
to hear news.
Synonyms:
- to listen to; give or pay attention to:
They refused to hear our side of the argument.
- to be among the audience at or of (something):
to hear a recital.
Synonyms:
- to give a formal, official, or judicial hearing to (something); consider officially, as a judge, sovereign, teacher, or assembly:
to hear a case.
- to take or listen to the evidence or testimony of (someone):
to hear the defendant.
- to listen to with favor, assent, or compliance.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
- (of a computer) to perceive by speech recognition.
verb (used without object)
- to be capable of perceiving sound by the ear; have the faculty of perceiving sound vibrations.
- to receive information by the ear or otherwise:
to hear from a friend.
- to listen with favor, assent, or compliance (often followed by of ):
I will not hear of your going.
- (of a computer) to be capable of perceiving by speech recognition.
- (used as an interjection in the phrase Hear! Hear! to express approval, as of a speech.)
hear
/ ɪə /
verb
- tr to perceive (a sound) with the sense of hearing
- tr; may take a clause as object to listen to
did you hear what I said?
- whenintr, sometimes foll by of or about; when tr, may take a clause as object to be informed (of); receive information (about)
have you heard?
to hear of his success
- law to give a hearing to (a case)
- whenintr, usually foll by of and used with a negative to listen (to) with favour, assent, etc
she wouldn't hear of it
- intrfoll byfrom to receive a letter, news, etc (from)
- hear! hear!an exclamation used to show approval of something said
- hear tell dialect.to be told (about); learn (of)
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adjective
- ˈ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·· adjective
- · noun
- dzܳ· verb (used with object) outheard outhearing
- · verb reheard rehearing
- un··· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hear1
Idioms and Phrases
- another county heard from
- hard of hearing
- never hear the end of
- not have it (hear of it)
- unheard of
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
“It is a false choice to say we have to choose between protecting our environment and growing our economy,” Hart said at the packed hearing that included representatives from at least eight state agencies..
“By the time people who love these places hear that they’re in trouble, it’s often gotten too far and they’re announcing a closure,” Cooper said.
Speaking at a virtual hearing Thursday, state Department of Water Resources general counsel Ann Carroll presented the Newsom administration’s case for the tunnel, calling it one of California’s “most important climate adaptation projects.”
Greene told The Sunday Show he was yet to hear from Findlay since his resignation.
"You hear people talking about the thing you're interested in and just go up them and talk about it."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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