take+heed

  • 21heed — {{11}}heed (n.) attention, notice, regard, early 14c., apparently from HEED (Cf. heed) (v.). Survives only in literal use and as the object of verbs (take heed, etc.). {{12}}heed (v.) O.E. hedan to heed, observe; to take care, attend, from W.Gmc …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 22heed — [[t]hi͟ːd[/t]] heeds, heeding, heeded 1) VERB If you heed someone s advice or warning, you pay attention to it and do what they suggest. [FORMAL] [V n] But few at the conference in London last week heeded his warning... [V n] Chris would have… …

    English dictionary

  • 23take care — Synonyms and related words: attend to business, be alert, be careful, be cautious, be obsessed with, bend over backwards, beware, concentrate on, exercise care, fix on, focus on, give heed, handle with gloves, have a care, lie low, look about one …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 24heed — n. to pay heed to; to take heed of * * * [hiːd] to take heed of to pay heed to …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 25take notice — Synonyms and related words: animadvert, attend, bear in mind, have regard for, heed, hold in mind, keep in mind, keep in sight, keep in view, look, mark, mind, note, notice, observe, reckon with, regard, remark, see, take account of, take… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 26heed — heed1 [hi:d] v [T] formal [: Old English; Origin: hedan] to pay attention to someone s advice or warning ▪ If she had only heeded my warnings , none of this would have happened. heed 2 heed2 n pay heed to sth/take heed of sth formal to pay… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27heed — heed1 [ hid ] verb transitive FORMAL to listen carefully to someone s advice or warning and do what they suggest heed heed 2 [ hid ] noun pay heed to/take heed of FORMAL to give careful attention to someone s advice or warning …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 28heed — 1 verb (T) formal to pay attention to someone s advice or warning: If she had only heeded my warnings, none of this would have happened. 2 noun (U) formal pay/give heed to sth also take heed of sth to pay attention to something and seriously… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29heed — [hiːd] verb [T] formal I to listen carefully to someone s advice or warning, and do what they suggest II noun heed [hiːd] pay heed to; take heed of formalto give careful attention to someone s advice or warning[/ex] …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 30heed — verb pay attention to; take notice of. noun (usu. in phr. pay (or take) heed) careful attention. Derivatives heedful adjective heedfully adverb heedfulness noun Origin OE hēdan, of W. Gmc origin …

    English new terms dictionary