HEARD Definition & Meaning

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heard

[ hurd ]

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verb

the simple past tense and past participle of hear.

adjective

perceived by the ear or learned by hearing:
Linguists have many theories about how we comprehend heard utterances, but less to say about language production.
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Other �y��vlog Forms

half-heard adjective
well-heard adjective

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of heard¹

First recorded before 900 heard fordef 1, in 1480–90 heard fordef 2; hear ( def ) + -(e)d ¹( def ) for verb sense; hear ( def ) + -(e)d ²( def ) for adjective sense

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McKinnor said she has regular town halls with her communities and the main topics of concern she’s heard from constituents are affording rent, rising grocery prices and everyday bills.

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He reasoned that the government could stay solvent with a $4-billion payout — and yet it was still the largest sex abuse payout he has ever heard of.

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“Some of you believed me, some of you nodded, smiled and secretly texted each other, ‘We’ve heard this before.’

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A court later heard that, unbeknown to them, they were recorded as they sat in the back of a police car on the way to the custody suite.

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Likewise, I never heard from dozens of other men whose profiles appealed to me online, but either they proved to be the Grim Reaper or ghosted me when we were to meet.

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