English Explanatory Dictionary

hear

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To perceive sounds through the ear.
  2. To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way.
  3. To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to.
  4. To listen favourably to; to grant (a request etc.).
  5. To receive information about; to come to learn of.
  6. To be contacted by.
  7. To listen to (a person, case) in a court of law; to try.
  8. To sympathize with; to understand the feelings or opinion of.
  9. To study under.
intj
  1. you hear me

Pronunciation

/ˈhɪə/ En-uk-hear.ogg /ˈhɪɚ/ [ˈhɪɹ̩] en-us-hear.ogg /ˈhiː/ /ˈhiːə/ /hɪə/ /-ɐ/ /hjɜː/ /hiə/ /hiːɹ/ /hɛː/ /heː(ɹ)/

Word forms

hear hears hearing heard heare 'ear

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan Old English hīeran Middle English heren English hear From Middle English heren, from Old English hīeran (“to hear”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną (“to hear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti (“to be sharp-eared”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) + *h₂ows- (“ear”) + *-yéti (denominative suffix). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian heere (“to hear”), West Frisian hearre (“to hear”), Dutch horen (“to hear”), German hören (“to hear”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål høre (“to hear”), Norwegian Nynorsk høyra (“to hear”), Swedish höra (“to hear”), Icelandic heyra (“to hear”), Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō, “to hear”).

Synonyms

hear catch adjudge rule on try adjudicate arbitrate deem doom judge settle

Antonyms

mishear cock a deaf 'un turn a deaf ear

Related words

audible deaf listen ear

Derived words

another county heard from behear children should be seen and not heard could hear a pin drop forehear hard of hearing hark hearability hearable hear both sides hearer hear from hear hear hearie hearing aid hear me out hear of hear oneself think hear on the grapevine hear out hearsay hearsome hear tell hear the end of it hear the grass grow hear the last of hear things hear-through hear through the grapevine hear voices hear what I'm saying hear ye I can't hear you over the sound of I hear you say I've never heard it called that before last I heard let's hear it for someone long time no hear mishear now hear this now I've heard everything one could hear a pin drop outhear overhear rehear shot heard round the world shot heard 'round the world so quiet one can hear a pin drop so quiet one could hear a pin drop so quiet you can hear a pin drop the last I heard there are none so deaf as those who will not hear unhear you hear me you hear what I'm saying

Translations

Abkhaz: аҳара Acehnese: deungo Afar: oobbe Afrikaans: hoor Akan: te Aklanon: dungog Albanian: dëgjon Gheg Albanian: ni Ambonese Malay: dangar Amharic: ሰማ Arabic: سَمِعَ Arabic: سمع Arabic: سْمع Armenian: լսել Aromanian: avdu (roa-rup) Assamese: শুন Asturian: oyer Azerbaijani: eşitmək Bashkir: ишетеү Basque: entzun Belarusian: чуць Belarusian: учу́ць Belarusian: ўчуць Belizean Creole: hyaa Bengali: শোনা Bhojpuri: सुनल Breton: kleved Bulgarian: чу́вам Burmese: ကြား Catalan: sentir Catalan: oir Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵙⵍⵍ Chechen: хаза Cherokee: ᎠᏛᎩᎠ Chinese Cantonese: 聽到 /听到 Chinese: 聽著 /听着 Chinese Mandarin: 聽見 /听见 Ndzwani Comorian: ukia Atikamekw: petam Crimean Tatar: eşitmek Crimean Tatar: tuymaq Czech: slyšet Danish: høre Dutch: horen Egyptian: s-D:F21-m Enga: singi
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