Hear

Quick meaning: Hear is a verb meaning (intransitive, stative) To perceive sounds through the ear.

Meaning

(intransitive, stative) To perceive sounds through the ear.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, stative) To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way.
2. (transitive) To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to.
3. (transitive) To listen favourably to; to grant (a request etc.).
4. (transitive) To receive information about; to come to learn of.
5. To be contacted by. [with from]
6. (transitive, law) To listen to (a person, case) in a court of law; to try.
7. (transitive, informal) To sympathize with; to understand the feelings or opinion of.

Example Sentences

I was deaf, but now I can hear.

Eventually the king chose to hear her entreaties.

I haven't heard from you in a while; how have you been?

I could hear them quarreling upstairs, but didn’t really listen to their argument.

Word Forms

• hears
• hearing
• heard
• heare

Synonyms for hear

Depending on context, synonyms include catch, adjudge, try, adjudicate, arbitrate, deem.

Antonyms for hear

Common opposites include mishear.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include listen, learn, discover, see, try, pick up.

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