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Pronunciation spelling of hear. [(intransitive, stative) To perceive sounds through the ear.]
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(reflexive, archaic) To prepare oneself for action.
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The process of attending carefully to what a speaker is saying, involving such techniques as accurately paraphrasing the speaker's remarks.
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(idiomatic) Awaiting an explanation.
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(obsolete) Attentive, like a person listening.
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(archaic, transitive) To listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed.
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To diligently work on; to pay attention to.
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(obsolete) Attention paid to something; careful regard.
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(Polari) To listen; to hear.
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(transitive, obsolete) To determine or decide the fate of; doom (one) to; sentence; forebode; foretell.
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(dialectal, informal) Synonym of were
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(transitive, chiefly dated) To give ear to; hear (intently); attend (to); pay attention or give heed to; listen to.
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(transitive) To listen to; hearken to; observe; obey.
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(obsolete) To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.
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To contemplate (someone or something).
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Obsolete spelling of behold [To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.]
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Obsolete spelling of being; present participle of be
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(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To believe that something which one hears is truly the case.
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(reflexive) To put a hand behind one's ear and cup it around so as to hear better.
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(transitive, obsolete or dialectal) To look at; see; mind; regard; favour.
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(slang, dated) To take heed of; to inform oneself of, or pay attention to.
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(nonstandard, Internet slang) To be able to have.
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(Malaysia, Singapore, idiomatic) to look the other way, to deliberately ignore or overlook (a mistake or transgression).
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Alternative spelling of come-hither [Seductive or alluring.]
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Alternative form of cudgel one's brain [(UK, dated, figuratively) to think hard and try to remember something.]
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(idiomatic) The practice or characteristic of carefully gathering information; a state or mindset of attentiveness.
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(transitive, intransitive) To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
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(obsolete) To attend to; to apply oneself to.
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To look upon something in a particular way.
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To enter an introspective or meditative state.
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To gather information sneakily; to seek out information without revealing that one is looking for it.
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To perceive oneself to resemble (something); to have the sense of being (something).
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Alternative form of feel ten feet tall [To feel proud of oneself.]
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Alternative form of feel ten feet tall [To feel proud of oneself.]
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(transitive, idiomatic) To have an inclination to do something.
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(colloquial) Synonym of get it through one's head
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(intransitive, slang, often with "to") To become aware of or see through a deception.
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(idiomatic, archaic, intransitive) To listen: to devote one's attention to an auditory event.
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(idiomatic) To honor; to pay respect.
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(intransitive, idiomatic, often with "to") To pay attention; to heed.
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(idiomatic) To be heard but not attended to, when a person fails to pay attention.
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(rare) To see, to recognize, to take notice of.
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(idiomatic) An instinct or intuition; an immediate or basic feeling or reaction without a logical rationale.
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(archaic, often imperative) To listen attentively.
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One who harkens; a listener.
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The act of one who harkens or listens.
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(auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
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(dated, chiefly imperative) take care; be on one's guard
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(intransitive or transitive with to) To listen; to try to hear.
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To speak to someone in private.
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To speak to someone in private.
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(UK, informal) To consider one's attitudes or behaviour with a view to reform.
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To be listening on citizens' band radio.
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(idiomatic) To have one's mental health assessed, to receive a psychiatric examination.
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(idiomatic) To be composed or lucid (especially of an elderly or mentally ill person).
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(figuratively) to have the attention of
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(transitive) To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to.
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(transitive, informal) To hear as rumor; to learn through friends of friends, etc.
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To engage in mental activity without being distracted by noise.
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(idiomatic, transitive) To listen to someone until that person has finished speaking; to thoroughly consider all aspects of someone's argument.
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(US and UK dialects) To hear it said.
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(idiomatic) To be very aware or discerning; to pay attention to every small detail.
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(idiomatic) To imagine that one hears sounds that are not actually real; to have auditory hallucinations.
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(idiomatic) To hear rumors; to learn through friends of friends.
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(idiomatic) Have the experience of hearing voices which are not audible to others; to experience auditory hallucinations.
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Obsolete spelling of hear [(intransitive, stative) To perceive sounds through the ear.]
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(slang) A person who can hear.
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Obsolete form of hark. [(archaic, often imperative) To listen attentively.]
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(transitive, archaic except poetic) To hear (something) with attention; to have regard to (something).
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One who hearkens; a listener.
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(intransitive, archaic) To pay attention, care.
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One who heeds or pays attention to something.
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(dialectal) Alternative form of heard
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Obsolete spelling of hear [(intransitive, stative) To perceive sounds through the ear.]
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(dialectal) heard; simple past tense and past participle of hear
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(figuratively, idiomatic) to listen for important information.
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(idiomatic, vulgar) To have an adequate level of knowledge or skill; to understand what one is doing or talking about.
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(idiomatic) To clearly understand one's own feelings, intentions, preferences, etc; to know precisely what one wants; to be decisive or determined.
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(idiomatic) To listen to someone.
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Eye dialect spelling of listen. [(intransitive) To pay attention to a sound or speech.]
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(intransitive, poetic) To listen.
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(intransitive) To pay attention to a sound or speech.
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(archaic) To listen to a radio broadcast
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(idiomatic, informal) To listen closely; to pay attention.
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(figuratively) To listen distractedly, without paying attention.
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(intransitive, obsolete) To attend; listen, hearken.
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Alternative form of see past the end of one's nose [(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To have insight into underlying facts or consequences; to possess common sense or a vision for the future.]
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Alternative form of see past the end of one's nose [(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To have insight into underlying facts or consequences; to possess common sense or a vision for the future.]
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(transitive) To show respect or admiration for (someone); to see (someone) as a role model.
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(transitive) To discern; to manage to see, hear etc.
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Look within oneself to summon a particular positive quality, such as strength, energy or courage.
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(transitive) To hear more acutely than.
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(transitive, intransitive) To hear something that was not meant for one's ears.
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(idiomatic, intransitive) To attend; to be attentive; to focus one's attention.
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To heed; to give attention.
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(idiomatic) To seek information from someone knowledgeable; to ask questions of someone.
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(UK, informal) To listen attentively.
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To listen to a recording for errors.
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(idiomatic) To pay close attention (often imperative).
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(transitive, archaic) To take notice of, pay attention to.
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Obsolete form of regard. [To look at; to observe.]
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Alternative form of see past the end of one's nose [(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To have insight into underlying facts or consequences; to possess common sense or a vision for the future.]
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Alternative form of see past the end of one's nose [(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To have insight into underlying facts or consequences; to possess common sense or a vision for the future.]
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(idiomatic) To appreciate the details of something, as opposed to only focusing on the big picture.
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Alternative form of see the forest for the trees [(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To discern an overall pattern from a mass of detail; to see the big picture, or the broader, more general situation.]
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Alternative form of see the forest for the trees [(idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) To discern an overall pattern from a mass of detail; to see the big picture, or the broader, more general situation.]
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(transitive) To feel or apprehend by means of the senses; to perceive.
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(transitive, idiomatic) To desire with intensity and commitment, to earnestly long for.
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(idiomatic) To provide a hint or to reveal partial information in order to gain attention or arouse interest.
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To start to pay attention suddenly.
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(transitive) To question and listen attentively in order to discover a person's opinion, intent, or preference, especially by using indirect conversational remarks.
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(idiomatic) To state one's thoughts or opinions honestly or frankly.
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(idiomatic) To talk about concerns, feelings, ideas, etc. which someone understands well and can relate to intimately.
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(intransitive, idiomatic) To pay attention.
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(idiomatic) To say one's thoughts aloud, particularly while also not conversing with anyone else.
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(idiomatic) To speak frankly, to convey all and only the truth of a situation.
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(obsolete) To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
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(archaic, UK, Scotland, dialect) To attend to; to heed
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(idiomatic, euphemistic) Clipping of close one's eyes and think of England and its variants.
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Alternative form of to oneself [(informal) Tending not to interact with others; introverted; reserved.]
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(idiomatic) To pay attention.
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(obsolete, transitive) To secretly gain knowledge from.
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(idiomatic) To think carefully, especially as an alternative to being guided by one's emotions.
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(idiomatic) To see the positive in things while being oblivious to the negative.
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To persuade someone who disagrees to agree with one's own point of view.
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