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hear — [c]/hɪə / (say hear) verb (heard /hɜd / (say herd), hearing) –verb (t) 1. to perceive by the ear. 2. to listen to: to refuse to hear a person. 3. to learn by the ear or by being told; be informed of: to hear news. 4. to be among the audience at… …
hear — W1S1 [hıə US hır] v past tense and past participle heard [hə:d US hə:rd] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(hear sounds/words etc)¦ 2¦(listen to somebody/something)¦ 3¦(be told something)¦ 4¦(in court)¦ 5 have heard of somebody/something 6 not hear the last of somebody… … Dictionary of contemporary English
hear — [ hır ] (past tense and past participle heard [ hɜrd ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 notice sound ▸ 2 receive information ▸ 3 listen to ▸ 4 understand (feeling) ▸ 5 about things said ▸ 6 in court of law ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive or transitive never… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hear — [hir] vt. heard [hʉrd] hearing [ME heren < OE hieran, akin to Ger hören (Goth hausjan) < IE base * keu , to notice, observe > L cavere, be on one s guard, Gr koein, to perceive, hear] 1. to perceive or sense (sounds), esp. through… … English World dictionary
hear — [[t]hɜ͟ː(r)d[/t]] ♦ hears, hearing, heard 1) VERB When you hear a sound, you become aware of it through your ears. [V n] She heard no further sounds... [V n] The trumpet can be heard all over their house... [ … English dictionary
hear of — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms hear of : present tense I/you/we/they hear of he/she/it hears of present participle hearing of past tense heard of past participle heard of 1) hear of something to find out that something has happened I was… … English dictionary
hear — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To perceive by ear] Syn. listen to, hearken, hark, give attention, attend to, make out, auscultate, become aware of, catch, descry, apprehend, take in, eavesdrop, detect, perceive by the ear, overhear, take cognizance of,… … English dictionary for students
refuse — I v 1. reject, spurn, disdain, say no or nay, refuse to consider, refuse point blank, put one s foot down, not budge an inch, not yield an inch, turn thumbs down, shake one s head at; decline, Inf. pass up or by, Inf. not buy; abstain from, stand … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
refuse — Synonyms and related words: abjure, afterglow, afterimage, balance, ban, bar, be unmoved, be unwilling, beat back, beg off, bilge, bilgewater, bones, brush aside, brush off, butt, butt end, candle ends, carrion, castaway, castoff, chaff, chase,… … Moby Thesaurus
See No Evil, Hear No Evil — Infobox Film name=See No Evil, Hear No Evil caption = The movie cover for See No Evil, Hear No Evil . imdb id=0098282 writer=Earl Barret Arne Sultan Marvin Worth Eliot Wald Andrew Kurtzman Gene Wilder starring=Richard Pryor Gene Wilder Joan… … Wikipedia
