WordNet meanings
View source ↗- Verb
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
- Verb
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
- Verb
examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process
The jury had heard all the evidence
The case will be tried in California
- Verb
receive a communication from someone
We heard nothing from our son for five years
- Verb
listen and pay attention
Listen to your father
We must hear the expert before we make a decision
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Wiktionary meanings
View source ↗- Verbintransitivestative
To perceive sounds through the ear.
- Verbstativetransitive
To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way.
- Verbtransitive
To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to.
- Verbtransitive
To listen favourably to; to grant (a request etc.).
- Verbtransitive
To receive information about; to come to learn of.
- Verb
To be contacted by.
- Verbtransitive
To listen to (a person, case) in a court of law; to try.
- Verbinformaltransitive
To sympathize with; to understand the feelings or opinion of.
- VerbGreektransitive
To study under.
- Interjection
you hear me
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