heard

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heard

past tense of hear; listened to: I heard the news today.

Not to be confused with:

herd – drove or flock of animals; guard or protect: The shepherd will herd the sheep.

hear

(hîr)

v. heard (hûrd), hear·ing, hears

v.tr.

1. To perceive (sound) by the ear: Can you hear the signal?

2. To learn by hearing; be told by others: I heard she got married.

a. To listen to (something) attentively or in an official capacity, as in a court: heard the last witness in the afternoon.

b. To listen to and consider favorably: Lord, hear my prayer!

c. To attend or participate in: hear Mass.

v.intr.

1. To be capable of perceiving sound.

2. To receive news or information; learn: I heard about your accident.

3. To consider, permit, or consent to something. Used only in the negative: I won't hear of your going!

Phrasal Verb:

hear from

1. To get a letter, telephone call, or transmitted communication from.

2. To be reprimanded by: If you don't do your homework, you're going to hear from me.

Idioms:

hear, hear

Used to express approval.

never hear the end of

To be complained to or told about (something) repeatedly or for a long time.

[Middle English hearen, Old English hīeran; see kous- in Indo-European roots.]

hear′er n.

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heard

phoneme - A word for a hallucination in which voices are heard.
pig's whisper - A loud whisper, meant to be heard.
noises off - Sounds created offstage to be heard during a play's production; the term has been extended to mean distracting or intrusive background noise.
pink noise - Random white noise that has been adjusted so there is equal energy per octave and an equal amount of each signal can be heard.

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Adj.

heard - detected or perceived by the sense of hearing; "a conversation heard through the wall"

detected - perceived or discerned; "the detected micrometeoritic material"

Translations

entendu

pass. e p.p. di to hear

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"All right," said the other, and went up through the trapdoor; and I heard him step across the floor overhead and put down the hay.

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And so she began inquiring after her directly, saying, `I know you cannot have heard from Jane lately, because it is not her time for writing;' and when I immediately said, `But indeed we have, we had a letter this very morning,' I do not know that I ever saw any body more surprized.

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But still I acknowledge that I am perplexed when I hear the voices of Thrasymachus and myriads of others dinning in my ears; and, on the other hand, I have never yet heard the superiority of justice to injustice maintained by any one in a satisfactory way.

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Believe me, sir, he hath been abused, grossly abused to you; I know he hath, or you, whom I know to be all goodness and honour, would not, after the many kind and tender things I have heard you say of this poor helpless child, have so disdainfully called him fellow.--Indeed, my best of friends, he deserves a kinder appellation from you, had you heard the good, the kind, the grateful things which I have heard him utter of you.

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At first he rode along the line of Bagration's troops, which had not yet advanced into action but were standing motionless; then he came to the region occupied by Uvarov's cavalry and here he noticed a stir and signs of preparation for battle; having passed Uvarov's cavalry he clearly heard the sound of cannon and musketry ahead of him.

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I would not even look at the report to which you allude if it was placed in my hands--I have heard more than enough already of that hideous life in the palace at Venice.

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Aye, you are the chap, ain't ye, that heard the hum of the old Quakeress's knitting-needles fifty miles at sea from Nantucket; you're the chap.

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After the famous gala night, she sang once at the Duchess de Zurich's; but this was the last occasion on which she was heard in private.

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"Many and many a person have I heard say strange things.

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No one was in sight as they approached, but when they began to get nearer the house they heard queer sounds coming from it.

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There was a tone in her voice that he had never heard before.

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"At first she heard voices calling her from the water and struggled against me who held her.