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Definitions for Heard

[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 Heard

hearunderstood, caught, noted, witnessed, heeded

Words nearby Heard

hearhealy, 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 Heard

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 Heard

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, hearhear, here, heard, herd

Other words from Heard

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 Heard

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

Synonyms for Heard

caught, heeded, noted, understood, witnessed, listened to, made clear, made out