hear
To perceive sounds through the ear.
Verb 4 meanings
To perceive sounds through the ear.
“I was deaf, but now I can hear.”
To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way.
“I could hear them quarreling upstairs, but didn’t really listen to their argument.”
To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to.
To listen favourably to; to grant (a request etc.).
“Eventually the king chose to hear her entreaties.”
Interjection 1 meaning
you hear me
Etymology
From Middle English har, heoren, her, here, heren, from Old English hēran, hīeran, hīran, hȳran (“to hear”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną (“to hear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti (“to be sharp-eared”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) + *h₂ows- (“ear”) + *-yéti (denominative suffix).
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HEAR at a glance
HEAR has 4 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (H 4 + E 1 + A 1 + R 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #559 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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