overhear (ˌəʊvəˈhɪə
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Definitions
verb
- (tr) to hear (a person, remark, etc) without the knowledge of the speaker
Usage examples
Sue spoke very quietly, as though inhabitants or ghosts might overhear us.
, Gothic Pursuit (1987)Someone walks into your office as you are in the middle of a confidential phone call, and you do not want them to overhear it.
New Scientist (2004)``Then I'd overhear fellas from my rugby team standing at the bar fibbing to girls that they were hairdressers, too.
Courier, Sunday Mail (2004)I can overhear one of my companions asking the same of another clerk.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)I just loved demonstrating after that, always hoping to overhear those words again.
, Turning the Page: Essays, Memoirs, Fiction, Poetry and One Sermon (1993)