heard
past tense of hear; listened to: I heard the news today.
Not to be confused with:
herd – drove or flock of animals; guard or protect: The shepherd will herd the sheep.
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hear
(hîr)
v. heard (hûrd), hear·ing, hears
v.tr.
1. To perceive (sound) by the ear: Can you hear the signal?
2. To learn by hearing; be told by others: I heard she got married.
3.
a. To listen to (something) attentively or in an official capacity, as in a court: heard the last witness in the afternoon.
b. To listen to and consider favorably: Lord, hear my prayer!
c. To attend or participate in: hear Mass.
v.intr.
1. To be capable of perceiving sound.
2. To receive news or information; learn: I heard about your accident.
3. To consider, permit, or consent to something. Used only in the negative: I won’t hear of your going!
Phrasal Verb:
hear from
1. To get a letter, telephone call, or transmitted communication from.
2. To be reprimanded by: If you don’t do your homework, you’re going to hear from me.
Idioms:
hear, hear
Used to express approval.
never hear the end of
To be complained to or told about (something) repeatedly or for a long time.
hear′er n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
heard
- phoneme — A word for a hallucination in which voices are heard.
- pig’s whisper — A loud whisper, meant to be heard.
- noises off — Sounds created offstage to be heard during a play’s production; the term has been extended to mean distracting or intrusive background noise.
- pink noise — Random white noise that has been adjusted so there is equal energy per octave and an equal amount of each signal can be heard.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj. | 1. | heard — detected or perceived by the sense of hearing; «a conversation heard through the wall»
detected — perceived or discerned; «the detected micrometeoritic material» |
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Heard
geographical name
ˈhərd
island in the southern Indian Ocean southeast of Kerguelen at 53°10′ south, 74°10′ east; administered by Australia
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If your dog trembled and shook at the sound of fireworks, he might have thought he heard gunshots. Heard means «perceived by the sense of hearing.»
If you detected a sound using your ears, you heard it. Heard is the past tense of the verb hear, and it’s also an adjective when you use it to describe a particular sound, as when you say, «The music was even lovelier since it was mysteriously heard from afar.» A word you might confuse with heard is herd, which means «group of animals.»
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adjective
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
“a conversation
heard through the wall”-
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detected
perceived or discerned
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detected
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I heard the birds sing.
Я слышал, как поют птицы.
I heard a weird noise.
Я услышал странный шум.
I heard a knock on the door.
Я услышала стук в дверь.
Sudden I heard a voice.
Вдруг я услышал чей-то голос.
We heard a faint noise.
Мы услышали слабый шум.
I heard a loud crash.
Я услышал страшный грохот. /Я услышал сильный треск.
We heard hellish noises.
Мы услышали ужасные звуки.
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Примеры, ожидающие перевода
He heard a low growl behind him.
We heard gunfire in the distance.
I heard yaps coming from the yard.
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Возможные однокоренные слова
misheard — ослышаться
overheard — подслушивать, нечаянно услышать
reheard — вновь слышать, слушать вторично
unheard — неизвестный, неслышный, невыслушанный
If the blog is making you feel heard, that’s a good thing, because you are *heard*. ❋ Elizabeth McClung (2007)
‘They had all heard, _the whole world had heard_, that _a son of Europe_ was a friend to the Dyaks.’ ❋ Henry Keppel (N/A)
Cæsar, when he heard the rumor (_the rumor having been heard_), commanded («imperāre») the legions to advance more quickly. ❋ Benjamin Leonard D’Ooge (1900)
I think the hallucination theory is out of court, too, and there is nothing left but the old-fashioned one, that what he said he saw, _he saw_, and did not fancy; and that which he said he heard, _he heard_; and that it was not a buzzing of a diseased nerve in his own ears, but the actual speech of the glorified Christ. ❋ Alexander Maclaren (1868)
I have heard nothing about my dear Donne since you wrote: and you only said that you had not _heard_ a good account of him. ❋ Edward FitzGerald (1846)
And I grieve to inform the present unfortunate generation, born under an evil star, coming, in fact, into the world a day after the fair, that, not having heard Coleridge, they have _heard_ — pretty much what the strangers to Seville have _seen_, which (you hear from the Spaniards) amounts to nothing. ❋ Thomas De Quincey (1822)
Came the mild judge and interceiTcr both To fentence Man: the voice of God they heard Now walking in the garden, by foft winds Brought to their ears, while day declined; they heard* ❋ Unknown (1779)
Often I’m inspired by the news, by new technologies or inventions, or by a phrase heard as I’m drinking coffee. ❋ Lia Petridis Maiello (2011)
Has it not always seemed quite absurd that from their long-suffering spouses never heard is a word? ❋ Unknown (2009)
The “in case” sense is conveyed in the phrase heard so often in coverage of the Clinton sex charges: “if true.” ❋ William Safire (2003)
«The Prince expects you, sir,» he said, loud enough to make the title heard by those who were standing by. ❋ George Chetwynd Griffith (1881)
«The initial thought was to do things relatively far away from what you’d be known for or what your comfort zone is,» he says, «which is maybe a good thing, but the first batch of songs that the label heard, they were like, ‘Who the hell is this?'» ❋ Unknown (2011)
The expression heard from the time little boys first play is that football «teaches you to become a real man,» to be manly. ❋ Unknown (2011)
«Victory» was a word heard about the end of a figure seen by many as despotic and unhinged; a line from a speech early on by Colonel Qaddafi, when he vowed to fight «zanga zanga,» or alley to alley, became a pop culture reference and introduced a new phrase into colloquial Arabic. ❋ By ANTHONY SHADID (2011)
«yo [blud].. [manz] went on major missionz 2dayy»
«[ohhh] hearddd.. u manz didnt call me!!» ❋ B3nninG (2007)
[look at] heard with no [kewl] [shit] ❋ Damian The Dark Prince (2005)
Friend1: «Last night i had the deepest [spiritual] [revelation]. now I finally understand what it means to [exist]»
Friend2: «Heard!» ❋ 50 Stephanie (2006)
«[86] [the cheeseburger]» says the chef to the waiter, who responds «86 [cheese burger], heard» (86 means you are out of something) ❋ IZZO The Homeless (2018)
Dude 1: [Megan Fox] is [smoking hot].
Dude 2: [Heard that]! ❋ Tikiman2 (2009)
wasn’t [my baby] but, it got named after me
Friend: Heard
[Actual] [Father]: Word
Mother: Heard ❋ Jackedupdonkeyballs (2016)
As she was being [hearded] amber screamed harder begging for more [pressure on] her [pelvic] bone. ❋ Diablogrimme (2022)
She enjoyed the [pressure] o. Her [pelvis] as he was [hearding] her on the bar ❋ Diablogrimme (2022)
Amber enjoyed the [pressure on] her [pelvic] bone as he was [hearding] her over the bar. ❋ Diablogrimme (2022)
I have [heard] what you [have been] [saying] to me. ❋ Doodxor (2003)