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HEAR
learn, hear, get word, get wind, pick up, find out, get a line, discover, see
(verb) get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; “I learned that she has two grown-up children”; “I see that you have been promoted”
hear
(verb) receive a communication from someone; “We heard nothing from our son for five years”
hear
(verb) perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
listen, hear, take heed
(verb) listen and pay attention; “Listen to your father”; “We must hear the expert before we make a decision”
hear, try
(verb) examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process; “The jury had heard all the evidence”; “The case will be tried in California”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
hear (third-person singular simple present hears, present participle hearing, simple past and past participle heard)
(intransitive, stative) To perceive sounds through the ear. [from 10th c.]
(transitive, stative) To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way. [from 10th c.]
(transitive) To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to. [from 10th c.]
(transitive) To listen favourably to; to grant (a request etc.). [from 10th c.]
(transitive) To receive information about; to come to learn of. [from 10th c.]
(with from) To be contacted by.
(transitive) To listen to (a person, case) in a court of law; to try. [from 12th c.]
(transitive, informal) To sympathize with; to understand the feelings or opinion of.
Usage notes
• This is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See
Anagrams
• Ahre, Hare, Hera, RHAe, Rahe, Rhea, hare, rhea
Source: Wiktionary
Hear (, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heard; p. pr. & vb. n. Hearing.] Etym: [OE. heren, AS,. hiéran, hran, hran; akin to OS. h, OFries. hera, hora, D. hooren, OHG. h, G. hören, Icel. heyra, Sw: höra, Dan. hore, Goth. hausjan, and perh. to Gr. acoustic. Cf. Hark, Hearken.]
1. To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear; as, to hear sounds; to hear a voice; to hear one call. Lay thine ear close to the ground, and list if thou canst hear the tread of travelers. Shak. He had been heard to utter an ominous growl. Macaulay.
2. To give audience or attention to; to listen to; to heed; to accept the doctrines or advice of; to obey; to examine; to try in a judicial court; as, to hear a recitation; to hear a class; the case will be heard to-morrow.
3. To attend, or be present at, as hearer or worshiper; as, to hear a concert; to hear Mass.
4. To give attention to as a teacher or judge. Thy matters are good and right, but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. 2 Sam. xv. 3. I beseech your honor to hear me one single word. Shak.
5. To accede to the demand or wishes of; to listen to and answer favorably; to favor. I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice. Ps. cxvi. 1. They think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Matt. vi. 7. Hear him. See Remark, under Hear, v. i.
– To hear a bird sing, to receive private communication. [Colloq.] Shak.
– To hear say, to hear one say; to learn by common report; to receive by rumor. [Colloq.]
Hear, v. i.
1. To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound. "The Hearing ear." Prov. xx. 12.
2. To use the power of perceiving sound; to perceive or apprehend by the ear; to attend; to listen. So spake our mother Eve, and Adam heard, Well pleased, but answered not. Milton.
3. To be informed by oral communication; to be told; to receive information by report or by letter. I have heard, sir, of such a man. Shak. I must hear from thee every day in the hour. Shak. To hear ill, to be blamed. [Obs.] Not only within his own camp, but also now at Rome, he heard ill for his temporizing and slow proceedings. Holland.
– To hear well, to be praised. [Obs.]
Note: Hear, or Hear him, is often used in the imperative, especially in the course of a speech in English assemblies, to call attention to the words of the speaker. Hear him, . . . a cry indicative, according to the tone, of admiration, acquiescence, indignation, or derision. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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