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Definition hear

Etymology

From Middle English heren, from Old English h?eran (“to hear”), from Proto-Germanic *hauzijan? (“to hear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h??h?owsyéti (“to be sharp-eared”), from *h?e?- (“sharp”) + *h?ows- (“ear”) + *-yéti (denominative suffix). Cognate with Saterland Frisian heere (“to hear”), West Frisian hearre (“to hear”), Dutch horen (“to hear”), German hören (“to hear”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål høre (“to hear”), Norwegian Nynorsk høyra (“to hear”), Icelandic heyra (“to hear”), Ancient Greek ????? (akoú?, “I hear”).

Verb

hear (third-person singular simple present hears, present participle hearing, simple past and past participle heard)

1. (intransitive, stative) To perceive sounds through the ear. [from 10th c.]
2. (transitive, stative) To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way. [from 10th c.]
3. (transitive) To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to. [from 10th c.]
4. (transitive) To listen favourably to; to grant (a request etc.). [from 10th c.]
5. (transitive) To receive information about; to come to learn of. [from 10th c.]
6. (with from) To be contacted by.
7. (transitive) To listen to (a person, case) in a court of law; to try. [from 12th c.]
8. (transitive, informal) To sympathize with; to understand the feelings or opinion of.

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