Hear

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To perceive (sound) by the ear: Can you hear the signal?
  • v. To learn by hearing; be told by others: I heard she got married.
  • v. To listen to attentively: Hear what I have to tell you.
  • v. To listen to in an official, professional, or formal capacity: heard the last witness in the afternoon.
  • v. To listen to and consider favorably: Lord, hear my prayer!
  • v. To attend or participate in: hear Mass.
  • verb-intransitive. To be capable of perceiving sound.
  • verb-intransitive. To receive news or information; learn: I heard about your accident.
  • verb-intransitive. To consider, permit, or consent to something. Used only in the negative: I won't hear of your going!
  • phrasal-verb. hear from To get a letter, telephone call, or transmitted communication from.
  • phrasal-verb. hear from To be reprimanded by: If you don't do your homework, you're going to hear from me.
  • idiom. hear, hear Used to express approval.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To perceive by the ear; to apprehend or take cognizance of by the ear
  • v. 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
  • v. To attend, or be present at, as hearer or worshiper
  • v. To give attention to as a teacher or judge.
  • v. To accede to the demand or wishes of; to listen to and answer favorably; to favor.
  • verb-intransitive. To have the sense or faculty of perceiving sound.
  • verb-intransitive. To use the power of perceiving sound; to perceive or apprehend by the ear; to attend; to listen.
  • verb-intransitive. To be informed by oral communication; to be told; to receive information by report or by letter.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To perceive by the ear; receive an impression of through the auditory sense; take cognizance of by harkening.
  • To pay regard to by listening; give ear to; give audience to; mark and consider what is said by; listen to for the purpose of learning, awarding, judging, determining, etc.: as, to hear prayer; to hear a lesson or an argument; to hear an advocate or a cause, as a judge.
  • To listen to understandingly; learn or comprehend by harkening; hence, to learn by verbal statement or report.
  • To be a hearer of; attend usually the ministrations of: as, what minister do you hear?
  • To be called.
  • To possess the sense of hearing; have that form of sense-perception which is dependent on the ear.
  • To listen; harken; give heed.
  • To be told; learn by report: as, so I hear.
  • To be heard, or heard of; be reported.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
  • v. perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
  • v. examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
  • v. receive a communication from someone
  • v. listen and pay attention
  • Verb Form
    heard    heared    hearing    hears   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    pickup    receive   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    heard   
    Hyponym
    trip up    catch    discover    ascertain    get the goods    wise up    find   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    heed    obey    examine    favor    attend    listen    perceive    hark    hearken   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Here    bier    blogosphere    buccaneer    disappear    ear    endear    here    keir    mishear   
    Unknown
    Music   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    understanding    report    trial    decision    meeting    news    sight    proceeding    notice    investigation