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Hear Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Hear?
[v] 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"
[v] receive a communication from someone; "We heard nothing from our son for five years" [v] perceive sound; perceive by the auditory sense [v] listen and pay attention; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision" [v] examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process; "The jury had heard all the evidence"; "The case will be tried in California" Synonyms | Synonyms for Hear: discover | find out | get a line | get wind | get word | learn | listen | pick up | see | take heed | try Related Terms | Find terms related to Hear: apprehend | approve of | arbitrate | ascertain | attend | attend to | auscultate | be all ears | be aware of | be conscious of | be informed | be sensible of | be told | bend an ear | bug | catch | catch on | charge the jury | cock the ears | condone | conduct a trial | consider | determine | discover | eavesdrop | entertain | examine by ear | experience | feel | find | find out | gather | get | get an earful | get wind of | give attention | give audience to | give ear | give ear to | hark | have the facts | hear of | hear out | hear tell of | hearken | hearken to | hearsay | heed | hold court | hold the scales | intercept | judge | know | know well | learn | lend an ear | listen | listen at | listen in | listen to | officiate | overhear | pay attention to | perceive | pick up | referee | respond | respond to stimuli | sanction | see | sense | sit in judgment | sit in on | smell | take in | tap | taste | touch | try | try a case | umpire | understand | unearth | wiretap See Also | ascertain | catch | catch | center | centre | comprehend | concentrate | examine | find | focus | get | incline | overhear | perceive | pick up | pore | probe | receive | rehear | retry | rivet | take in | trip up | wise up Hear In Webster's Dictionary \Hear\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Heard}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hearing}.] [OE. heren, AS,. hi['e]ran, h?ran, h?ran; akin to
OS. h?rian, OFries. hera, hora, D. hooren, OHG. h?ren, G.
h["o]ren, Icel. heyra, Sw: h["o]ra, Dan. hore, Goth. hausjan,
and perh. to Gr. ?, E. 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. |
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