Hear

Verb

 * 1)  To have the faculty of being able to perceive sounds, through the ear.
 * I was deaf, and now I can hear.
 * 1)  To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way.
 * I heard a sound from outside the window.
 * 1)  To excercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to.
 * 2) *1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John X:
 * Agayne there was dissencion amonge the iewes for these sayinges, and many of them sayd: He hath the devyll, and is madde: why heare ye hym?
 * 1)  To listen favourably to; to grant (a request etc.).
 * Eventually the king chose to hear her entreaties.
 * 1)  To receive information about; to come to learn of.
 * 2) *1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
 * Adam, soon as he heard / The fatal Trespass don by Eve, amaz'd, / Astonied stood and Blank [...].
 * 1)  To listen to (a person, case) in a court of law; to try.
 * Your case will be heard at the end of the month.

Derived terms

 * another county heard from
 * forehear
 * hard of hearing
 * hear about
 * hear hear
 * hear on the grapevine
 * hear out
 * hear the grass grow
 * hearing aid
 * mishear
 * overhear
 * rehear

Adverbs for Hear
accidentally; distinctly; occasionally; keenly; inevitably; audibly; dumbly; unconsciously; subconsciously; perpetually.

Thesaurus
apprehend, approve of, arbitrate, ascertain, attend, attend to, auscultate, be all ears, be aware of, be conscious of, be informed, be sensible of, be told, bend an ear, bug, catch, catch on, charge the jury, cock the ears, condone, conduct a trial, consider, determine, discover, eavesdrop, entertain, examine by ear, experience, feel, find, find out, gather, get, get an earful, get wind of, give attention, give audience to, give ear, give ear to, hark, have the facts, hear of, hear out, hear tell of, hearken, hearken to, hearsay, heed, hold court, hold the scales, intercept, judge, know, know well, learn, lend an ear, listen, listen at, listen in, listen to, officiate, overhear, pay attention to, perceive, pick up, referee, respond, respond to stimuli, sanction, see, sense, sit in judgment, sit in on, smell, take in, tap, taste, touch, try, try a case, umpire, understand, unearth, wiretap

Etymology
hyran:

Translations

 * Albanian: dëgjon
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: avdu
 * Belarusian: чуць
 * Bosnian: ,
 * Breton: kleved
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Central Atlas Tamazight: sell, sel
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,  ,
 * Crimean Tatar: ,
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
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 * Egyptian:
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 * Estonian:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Old French:
 * Galician: oír
 * Georgian: სმენა, გაგონება
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: audar
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ឮ, ស្ដាប់​ឮ
 * Korean:
 * !Kung:
 * Kurdish: bîstin, guh lê bûn,
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: dzirdēt
 * Lithuanian: girdėti
 * Lower Sorbian: słyšaś
 * Macedonian:
 * Manx: clin
 * Mongolian: сонсох
 * Nahuatl: caqui
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English:
 * Old Norse: East hǫra, West heyra
 * Pashto:
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 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: cluinn
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: чути, слушати
 * Roman: čuti, slušati
 * Slovak: čuť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik:
 * Telugu: విను (vinu)
 * Thai: ได้ยิน, รับฟัง
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese:
 * !Xóõ: ta̰ã

Anagrams

 * hare
 * Hera
 * RHAe
 * rhea, Rhea