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Definitions for Hear

[1] to perceive by the ear: Didn't you hear the doorbell?
[2] to learn by the ear or by being told; be informed of: to hear news.
[3] to listen to; give or pay attention to: They refused to hear our side of the argument.
[4] to be among the audience at or of (something): to hear a recital.
[5] to give a formal, official, or judicial hearing to (something); consider officially, as a judge, sovereign, teacher, or assembly: to hear a case.
[6] to take or listen to the evidence or testimony of (someone): to hear the defendant.
[7] to listen to with favor, assent, or compliance.
[8] (of a computer) to perceive by speech recognition.
[9] to be capable of perceiving sound by the ear; have the faculty of perceiving sound vibrations.
[10] to receive information by the ear or otherwise: to hear from a friend.
[11] to listen with favor, assent, or compliance (often followed by of ): I will not hear of your going.
[12] (of a computer) to be capable of perceiving by speech recognition.
[13] (used as an interjection in the phrase Hear! Hear! to express approval, as of a speech).
[14] (tr) to perceive (a sound) with the sense of hearing
[15] (tr; may take a clause as object) to listen to did you hear what I said?
[16] (when intr, sometimes foll by of or about; when tr, may take a clause as object ) to be informed (of); receive information (about) to hear of his success ; have you heard?
[17] law to give a hearing to (a case)
[18] (when intr, usually foll by of and used with a negative ) to listen (to) with favour, assent, etc she wouldn't hear of it
[19] (intr foll by from ) to receive a letter, news, etc (from)
[20] hear! hear! an exclamation used to show approval of something said
[21] hear tell dialect to be told (about); learn (of)

Words related to Hear

attend, get, read, listen, overhear, receive, gather, discover, see, understand, determine, learn, hark, heed, eavesdrop, apprehend, strain, devour, hearken, descry

Words nearby Hear

healy, heaney, heao, heap, heaping, hear, hear a peep out of, hear a pin drop, can, hear from, hear of, hear oneself think, can't

Origin of Hear

before 950; Middle English heren, Old English hēran, hīeran; cognate with Dutch horen, German hören, Old Norse heyra, Gothic hausjan; perhaps akin to Greek akoúein (see acoustic)

Words that may be confused with Hear

hear, here, heard, herd

Other words from Hear

hear·a·ble , adjective
hear·er , noun
half-heard , adjective
out·hear , verb (used with object), out·heard, out·hear·ing.
re·hear , verb, re·heard, re·hear·ing.
un·hear·a·ble , adjective
well-heard , adjective

Word origin for Hear

Old English hieran; related to Old Norse heyra, Gothic hausjan, Old High German hōren, Greek akouein

Synonyms for Hear

attend, get, listen, overhear, pick up, read, apprehend, auscultate, catch, descry, devour, eavesdrop, hark, hearken, heed, strain, be all ears, become aware, get an earful, get wind of, give an audience to, give attention, give ears, make out, take in