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Hear

Hear Meaning & Definition
Hear Definition And Meaning

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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