hear
/ˈhɪɚ/verb1 syllable
Hear means: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally.
Synonyms for hear13
What does hear mean?5
verb
1
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally“I learned that she has two grown-up children”
2
listen and pay attention“Listen to your father”
3
examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process“The jury had heard all the evidence”
4
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
5
receive a communication from someone“We heard nothing from our son for five years”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with hear?4
Hear in a sentence
- They could hear the elegant, flowing sound of a harp coming from somewhere.unknown
- Let me hear from you now and again, will you?CK
- You know, sometimes you need to hear it.orcrist
- If you hear anything new from him, please let me know about it.CK
- If he should hear the news, he would be shocked.unknown
- However, if he is brain-dead, he will never think, speak, or hear again.orcrist
- Don't interrupt me but hear me out, please.unknown
- If you have not yet paid this bill, please let us hear from you.CK
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of hear
as a verb
- past tense
- heard
- past participle
- heard
- present participle
- hearing
- third-person singular
- hears